EFF members refuse to leave legislature

Johannesburg - EFF members vowed on Tuesday not to leave the Gauteng provincial legislature until their leader Julius Malema had met with Speaker Ntombi Mekgwe.

Malema led about 2 000 members to the legislature to protest against the removal of their MPLs during a sitting on 1 July.

The party's members of the provincial legislature were ejected from the house for wearing red overalls.

Malema and some members overpowered the police on Tuesday and stormed into the building but were prevented from gaining access into the House when door were shut on them.

EFF members said Malema refused to leave the building until he had met with the Speaker.

He apparently refused to meet the deputy speaker.