WATCH: Mysterious blue light appears in Jacob Zuma tent at Reconciliation Day speech Zeerust

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Published Feb 8, 2017

WATCH: Mysterious blue light appears in Jacob Zuma tent at Reconciliation Day speech Zeerust

Jacob Zuma was evacuated when storm blows away tent at Day of Reconciliation Day celebrations. President Jacob Zuma was rushed out as he delivered his Reconciliation Day address in the North West. The marquee where Zuma was speaking was swept up by heavy winds, which had something South Africans wryly asking: have the winds of change finally come?

It happened as Zuma was speaking on the Marikana massacre, and government’s implementation of the Farlam report. The report was released after the Farlam inquiry investigated what transpired during the protests and the police response at Marikana which led to the deaths of 34 striking mineworkers.

In his speech at Zeerust, Zuma said that reconciliation included “coming to terms” with what happened at Marikana, where a total of 44 people were killed.

“The national day of reconciliation is also about coming to terms with the painful tragedy that occurred in August 2012 in Marikana in this province, where about 44 people were killed, the majority of them by police, during a strike at Lonmin Mine in Rustenburg,” Zuma said.

The winds had grown stronger and then the marquee seemed to threaten collapse. Zuma was hurriedly removed from the marquee by his bodyguards and the event was cancelled.

Tornado-like winds interrupt Zuma's Reconciliation Day speech