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Members of the honour guard from the South African National Defence Force stands guard as South African president arrives at the South African Parliament, to deliver the 2017 State Of the Nation Address (SONA), and formally open Parliament for the year, on February 9, 2017, in Cape Town. A violent brawl broke out in South Africa's parliament on February 9, 2017 as guards exchanged punches with opposition lawmakers who had shouted down President Jacob Zuma as he tried to deliver his state of the nation address. In chaotic scenes, about 30 guards dressed in white shirts forcibly ejected about 25 members from the radical leftist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party who had prevented the president from speaking for about an hour. (Photo by Rodger Bosch/AFP Photo)
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