#SONA2016 protests keep cops on their toes

Photo: Gadeeja Abbas/Cape Argus

Photo: Gadeeja Abbas/Cape Argus

Published Feb 11, 2016

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Cape Town - The mood around the Cape Town CBD is tense as flash protests continue to spring up around the City Bowl in the lead up to the State of the Nation Address by President Jacob Zuma later this evening.

Several protesting groups from various political parties and organisations have taken up spots around the parliamentary precinct as police monitor and occasionally drive them further away.

A #ZumaMustFall protest coupled with a Ses’khona People’s Movement march and gatherings of groups from the ANC, EFF and PAC has stretched police across the city.

Public Order Police kept a close eye on the protests as a police helicopter hovered around above them.

Earlier in the day, a wall of barbed wire was erected around most parts of parliament and surrounding streets.

President Jacob Zuma will deliver the State of the Nation address this evening at 7pm. Last year Zuma's speech was interrupted by members of the EFF who were subsequently removed from the parliamentary chamber by security forces.

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