WATCH: ‘You have no right to question Ramaphosa after VBS,’ Ntshavheni tells Malema

Emotions escalated in Parliament on Tuesday after Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema confronted President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema and President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: X / @MolotoMothapo

“It’s important, Honourable Malema, that as we debate, we should play the ball, not the man. You spend a considerable amount of time playing me, the man,” Ramaphosa said in Parliament on Monday.“You once stood here some two years ago and insulted me and my father and said he was an apartheid police officer. Yes, I am proud to have been the son of a policeman, a very good policeman,” said Ramaphosa.

“To say someone’s parent is a nurse will never be used as an insult. To say someone’s parent is a police officer can never be used as an insult.“You said I spoke about your father in order for you to drag my grandmother, unfairly so, because my grandmother has got nothing to do with what I am doing here.

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