News24 | EFF MP thrown out of Parliament wanted to protect female MP from suffering same fate, committee hears

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EFF MP Sinawo Tambo gave his side of the story to Parliament's Powers and Privileges Committee. (Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images)

EFF MP Sinawo Tambo gave his side of the story to Parliament's Powers and Privileges Committee. (Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images)

EFF MP Sinawo Tambo claimed he was violently removed from Parliament after he objected to a male official removing a female MP.

On Tuesday, Tambo was one of the first EFF MPs who testified in the hearings that are investigating their rowdy behaviour on 9 and 10 June 2022.

A group of nine EFF MPs faces charges of contempt of Parliament, among others.

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