PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has been escorted out of an ANC Women’s League event held at the Lebowakgomo Civic Centre in Limpopo amid security concerns and violations of Covid-19 regulations.
The president was meant to address members of the league. However, the event was cancelled indefinitely after Ramaphosa, along with Limpopo Premier Stanley Mathabatha, were escorted by security out of the event for security concerns around the safety of the ANC president, including COVID-19 violations.
ANC Women’s League secretary Meokgo Matuba said Ramaphosa left because of failure to comply with Covid-19 regulations.
Under Adjusted Level 1 restrictions, gatherings are restricted to no more than 1,000 people indoors and no more than 2,000 people outdoors.
“We sincerely apologise for what happened. We must not push the narrative that the president walked away from the event because it was due to Covid-19 regulations that he had to leave” said Matuba.
Matuba said while
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