Leaders of four of the largest opposition parties were united on Saturday in their condemnation of floor-crossing and calling for its abolition. Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon and his Inkatha Freedom Party and Freedom Front Plus counterparts Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Pieter Mulder, and African Christian Democratic Party MP Steve Swart, shared a stage in an anti-defection rally.
The draft Anti-Terrorism Bill now before Parliament is not intended to restrict freedom of religion in any way, Deputy President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.