Zuma supporters curse Mbeki
2006-09-05 15:53
Pietermaritzburg - Police and KwaZulu-Natal safety MEC Bheki Cele were trying to control a group of Jacob Zuma supporters singing anti Thabo Mbeki songs and trying to get through the barricades outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday afternoon.
The group sang "Iwewe uMbeki iwewe" while trying to push through the barricades. "Iwewe" is a slang word for a woman's genitals.
Cele and about 20 policemen managed to get the crowd to stop, but after a lull they started up again, ignoring Cele.
Some of the marchers also tried to prevent photographers from capturing the development, standing in their way and arguing with them.
Cele had earlier chided some supporters who began singing "Thabo Mbeki uyimenemene" (Thabo Mbeki you are a hypocrite).
They had also been asked to stop showing a banner saying "Mbeki is guilty".
Anti-Mbeki songs have been sung at Zuma's previous court appearances with a T-shirt bearing his image also being burnt.
- SAPA