Parliament diary: Scenes of shame

Thursday 13th November will surely go down as one of the most inglorious days in the history of South Africa's democratic parliament. After almost seven hours of ultimately futile filibustering from opposition parties, the National Assembly adopted the report which essentially exonerates President Jacob Zuma from wrongdoing over Nkandla. If that weren't enough, the evening descended into chaos when riot police were called into the House and proceeded to assault MPs. By REBECCA DAVIS.