SUSPENDED ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's right-hand men continued with their street fights on Monday night, attacking their opponents in the presence of the police at Seshego police station in Polokwane.
Jossey Buthane, Clifford Mohloana and Malema's cousin, Tshepo, allegedly mobilised gangsters from Luthuli Park near Seshego to go and fight against a group opposed to Malema.
The incident happened at the police station when Buthane went there to check on Malema's youth league opponents who were called there by station commander Brigadier Nkele Mangena in an effort to resolve the differences they had with Malema's supporters a day before.
Buthane allegedly arrived at the station and confronted the group in front of the police. But he was beaten up by the group while police watched.
Buthane told Sowetan yesterday that he was called by a local councillor who told him that people were marching in front of Malema's house in Seshego. He said when he investigated he discovered that Boy Mamabolo, a Malema opponent, was instead responsible for the march.
Buthane said it was supposed to be a peaceful engagement but Mamabolo started the fight. Mamabolo is also alleged to have dumped rubbish in front of Buthane and Jacob Lebogo's houses during the march.
The anti-Malema group was retaliating after Buthane had assaulted Mamabolo at a tavern on Sunday night. Buthane had accused Mamabolo and his friends of mounting a poster of Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi Gigaba on a pole near the gate of Malema's grandmother, Sarah Malema, in Seshego.
Gigaba, a former youth league president who no longer sees eye-to-eye with Malema, is scheduled to deliver the OR Tambo Memorial Lecture at the ANC's Cuito's Cuanavale branch in Flora Park, a branch in which Malema is affiliated.
Though Malema was not present to witness the Monday confrontation, he witnessed the Sunday fist fight.
Mamabolo is a former ally of Malema and current provincial chairman of the Geographic Name Changes Committee. He said: "We could not sit and fold our arms when we were being attacked by those supporting Malema. We acted in self- defence."
In front of the police on Monday, Buthane had to endure the beating when Mamabolo and his group attacked him.
"The problem is that those guys attacked us without any provocation, and they have made it a habit of doing so lately. I guess their action has a lot to do with their frustrations since Malema's suspension as president of the league," Mamabolo said.
Seshego police spokesman Sergeant Mothemane Malefo said they had met with the two parties and told them to desist from engaging in confrontations.
Residents beat up Juju's men
SUSPENDED ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's right-hand men continued with their street fights on Monday night, attacking their opponents in the presence of the police at Seshego police station in Polokwane.
Jossey Buthane, Clifford Mohloana and Malema's cousin, Tshepo, allegedly mobilised gangsters from Luthuli Park near Seshego to go and fight against a group opposed to Malema.
The incident happened at the police station when Buthane went there to check on Malema's youth league opponents who were called there by station commander Brigadier Nkele Mangena in an effort to resolve the differences they had with Malema's supporters a day before.
Buthane allegedly arrived at the station and confronted the group in front of the police. But he was beaten up by the group while police watched.
Buthane told Sowetan yesterday that he was called by a local councillor who told him that people were marching in front of Malema's house in Seshego. He said when he investigated he discovered that Boy Mamabolo, a Malema opponent, was instead responsible for the march.
Buthane said it was supposed to be a peaceful engagement but Mamabolo started the fight. Mamabolo is also alleged to have dumped rubbish in front of Buthane and Jacob Lebogo's houses during the march.
The anti-Malema group was retaliating after Buthane had assaulted Mamabolo at a tavern on Sunday night. Buthane had accused Mamabolo and his friends of mounting a poster of Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi Gigaba on a pole near the gate of Malema's grandmother, Sarah Malema, in Seshego.
Gigaba, a former youth league president who no longer sees eye-to-eye with Malema, is scheduled to deliver the OR Tambo Memorial Lecture at the ANC's Cuito's Cuanavale branch in Flora Park, a branch in which Malema is affiliated.
Though Malema was not present to witness the Monday confrontation, he witnessed the Sunday fist fight.
Mamabolo is a former ally of Malema and current provincial chairman of the Geographic Name Changes Committee. He said: "We could not sit and fold our arms when we were being attacked by those supporting Malema. We acted in self- defence."
In front of the police on Monday, Buthane had to endure the beating when Mamabolo and his group attacked him.
"The problem is that those guys attacked us without any provocation, and they have made it a habit of doing so lately. I guess their action has a lot to do with their frustrations since Malema's suspension as president of the league," Mamabolo said.
Seshego police spokesman Sergeant Mothemane Malefo said they had met with the two parties and told them to desist from engaging in confrontations.
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