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Chased: Jacob Lebogo PHOTO:CHESTER MAKANA

The suspects are facing charges that include malicious damage to property after they allegedly smashed cars belonging to ANC Youth League provincial secretary Jacob Lebogo and the league's Peter Mokaba regional chairman Josie Buthane.

Lebogo and Buthane are staunch supporters of expelled league president Julius Malema, who was supposed to have spoken at the event at the local CS Barlow Hall at the weekend.

Angry youths, who were opposed to Malema speaking, started throwing stones to stop the event from taking place after they had noticed that the event had been branded with ANC colours, while Malema had been barred from addressing any event under the name of the party, its structures or alliance partners.

Lebogo and Buthane were forced to run for their lives and sought refuge at Motetema police station, leaving their cars behind.

Fortunately for Malema, he had not arrived at the venue when the violence started.

"I can confirm that we have arrested six men and a woman in connection with a scene where two cars were smashed during a commotion in Motetema on Friday," police spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said yesterday.

They appeared in the Nebo Magistrate's Court yesterday and were granted R1,000 bail each.

Their case was postponed to September 8.

According to Richard Maabane, ANC chairman in the Tsoaledi-Maila branch, they did not approve of the "Friends of the Youth League" because they did not recognise "that structure".

"As custodians of the organisation in our area, we were supposed to be involved when the event was being coordinated."

Maabane said they were worried that each time Malema was given a platform he would hurl insults at President Jacob Zuma "in a disrespectful manner".

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Aug 14, 2012

BeeEm

Sekontiri se ya felela, mathata a thoma!
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Aug 14, 2012

cooler

i wish all people will do the same when malema do his bulsh*t
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Aug 14, 2012

RobinH

Violence and stone-throwing are not the way to resolve issues.
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Aug 14, 2012

Kone

When we left polokwane 52nd conference, we knew that the ANC will never be the same!.........We miss President Mbeki..............
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Aug 14, 2012

Secretary

The fight has begun and the referee is Mangaung conference. We will fight until our blood runs no more in our vains. We cannot allow Nkandla to take over our country anymore. WE ARE GOING TO MANGAUNG TO VOTE NOT PLAY. KNOW ONE WILL TURN JUJU DOWN,HE WILL COME AROUNG WITH ANOTHER ROUND.
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Aug 14, 2012

VENDALIOUS

@ Daily Sowetan

That is not Jacob Lebago on a pic,thats Rudzani Ludere.

FACT...... "SOWETAN NDI MACHIMBA"
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Aug 14, 2012

DJWinner

What is happening in Limpopo these days? The provinces with second less number of people after Northern Cape, but yet it has most problems in this country.
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Aug 14, 2012

snazz

Eish JUJU the stones are coming
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Aug 14, 2012

golly459

Did Zuma Or Malema came to give you R1,000 for bail NOOOOOO!!! so next time you have to think before you do stupid thing.
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Aug 14, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

The Youth in a brawl maybe the ANC should move the conference forward to October
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