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ASSAULT CASE: Steven Pienaar is accused of being involved in a nightclub fight. Photo: Gallo

SON HURT: Deputy Minister Ayanda Dlodlo whose son Thabang was assaulted.

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Dlodlo's son Thabang Mnisi told Sowetan last night that Pienaar and his friends had beaten him up.

Mnisi, 22, claimed that Pienaar tried to kick him out of the club's VIP area and when he refused he assaulted him.

"I had just walked into the [VIP] area and Pienaar asked me what I was doing there. I told him that I was also on the VIP list but he didn't seem to like it," Mnisi said.

A reign of blows to Mnisi's head allegedly followed soon after which left him injured.

"The guy that was with Pienaar started punching me and I fell to the ground and that man continued to punch me until the bouncers came to my rescue," Mnisi said.

Asked if Pienaar took part in the assault, Mnisi said he had punched him in the stomach.

Mnisi said he sustained injuries to his face but that it could have been much worse had the bouncers not intervened.

"I don't know if those guys are only his friends or bodyguards, because the guy who was beating me up had a gun," he said.

Pienaar's agent Rob Moore told Sowetan that he was not aware of any fight and that he was in China.

Last night Mnisi was being treated by a doctor at the hospital in Morningside.

He said he would open a case of assault against Pienaar as soon as he had finished with his doctor.

Pienaar, who featured for Bafana in their two draws against lowly ranked Ethiopia and Botswana in the 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifiers, did not feature in the national team's 3-0 demolishing of Gabon in a friendly in Nelspruit on Friday.

He was among the five players who were rested by stand-in coach Steve Komphela.

The 30-year-old midfielder, who also played for Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam and Borussia Dortmund in Germany, was reported to have returned to London to rejoin his English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur after his load spell with Everton expired at the end of last season.

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Jun 19, 2012

MissBhakajuju

bathong Chubaba. kganthe do U own the vip area, or U think you're the only v.i.pee ??
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Jun 19, 2012

Nantseka

Ga di mo(Pienaar) rone nkane,he looks racist to me,like he sees himself as white,mxm!
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Jun 19, 2012

Shenene

MissBhakajuju
bathong Chubaba. kganthe do U own the vip area, or U think you're the only v.i.pee ??
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hehehe keng why o nale stress so bhakajuju
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Jun 19, 2012

hanabibi

kwakwakwakwaaa a man is crying of another man...mama's boy
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Jun 19, 2012

Publc2

It is always like that,when you can't kick the ball you find yourself something to do.I am talking about the likes of Arthur Bartman(kicking wife),Majoro(pi in other people's cars and fight with security guards),Mphela(fighting over a girfriend),now this Pienaar coz he can't kick the ball he punch people for a VIP area?Nxa
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Jun 19, 2012

MissBhakajuju

@Nantseka

I thought he was a polite person, he presents himself as a respectful person, or maybe its becoz he's loyal to Bafana & the country.
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Jun 19, 2012

Chresmo

pienaar mara uya phapha yazi nxa, and i don knw why u r still called up coz u don even perfom the way do in england....
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Jun 19, 2012

dimpho_4U

tlowa mona wena Pienaar..jealousy makes you nasty, why beat the boy because he's in the VIP lounge..@MissBhakajuju Lol, o tsase Ponds kapa Curticura kikikiki :-)
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Jun 19, 2012

MissBhakajuju

Shenene
@MissBhakajuju
hehehe keng why o nale stress so bhakajuju
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no dear, I like the guy, just that maybe I didn't expect something like this.
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Jun 19, 2012

eisleben

Thabang Mnisi and Ayanda dlodlo, why don't they share the same surname. My son is supposed to be my wife's son, isn't it. We are a society of such high morals that we name our children differently. Why bother with marriage ... What is the issue at hand here? Minister, Soccer Star or Surnames? Pass me that beer.
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