Activists from different groups marched to the US embassy in Pretoria on Friday protesting against President Barack Obama.
The large group marched along Francis Baard Street, singing and chanting anti-Obama slogans. One activist, on a truck mounted with a public address system, led the songs and slogans.
He shouted: “Free Palestine. Free Swaziland. Free Zimbabwe. Down Obama, down!”
The group initially gathered at the Caledonian Stadium before embarking on the march.
Some of the protesters’ placards read: “Obama, stop supporting dictators in Africa. No oil here, move on.
“100 years of genocide in Iraq. War in 100 countries. Rogue State.”
A young boy’s poster read: “No you can’t spy on me”.
Many protesters wore orange overalls and black hoods. Others were dressed in Young Communist League red regalia.
The league’s national secretary was with other officials in front of the protesters.
A large banner with Obama’s face had the words: “Meet the world’s top assassin”. The banner also had a picture of Obama behind prison bars.
Many local and international journalists, who were camped outside the nearby Medi-Clinic Heart hospital where former president Nelson Mandela is being treated, rushed to the stadium.
As the group passed close to the hospital, they shouted messages of support for the ailing anti-apartheid icon.
Six police vehicles, including a Nyala, escorted the lively protesters. – Sapa