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South Africa miners force president to quit May Day event

By AFP
May 02, 2022

Johannesburg: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was ushered from a May Day event on Sunday after angry miners stormed the stage where he was due to speak. The protesters held up placards demanding a pay rise and chanted "Cyril must go" during a televised ceremony organised by the country’s largest union at a stadium in the northern town of Rustenberg.