United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa condemned on Friday reports that ANC members tried to disrupt a public meeting hosted by former ANC chairperson Mosiua Lekota.

Holomisa said ruling party leader Jacob Zuma should speak to his supporters who chanted "kill Lekota" outside the venue of a meeting in Orange Farm near Vereeniging on Thursday.

"South Africans are not ready to see him [Zuma] ascending to the corridors of power by jumping over the corpses of South Africans," said Holomisa.

The UDM leader called on the Independent Electoral Commission to hold a meeting with all political parties, the heads of security forces and the SABC to discuss how to "level the playing fields" ahead of general elections next year.

Sapa