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       South African Opposition Parties Boycott Zuma Speech in Parliament

   by Reuters

   South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday asked for more orderly
   debates by lawmakers in parliament after most opposition parties
   boycotted his speech in the assembly.

   Several MPs from the ultra-left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were
   forcibly ejected from parliament on Wednesday as they sought to prevent
   Zuma from giving a speech.

   On Thursday, the main opposition Democratic Alliance party, the EFF and
   six smaller ones were absent as Zuma gave a speech in reply to issues
   raised during the previous day, saying the president was "discredited"
   after court rulings against him.

   Zuma last month survived an impeachment call in parliament after the
   Constitutional Court in March that found that the president had
   breached the constitution. On Friday, a High Court judge ruled that
   Zuma should face 783 corruption charges that had been dropped in 2009
   by state prosecutors.

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