Following Tuesday’s violence which erupted in Tembisa during an EFF visit to Sethokga Hostel, the party’s regional communications officer, Fikile Mhlongo, said 33 EFF members were attacked, injured and later hospitalised when they gathered for a meeting on Tuesday night.
Mhlongo further said the EFF had opened a case of intimidation following the Tuesday attack when EFF leader, Julius Malema, visited the families of two deceased EFF members.
Violence erupted when a group of men, allegedly armed with sjamboks, knobkieries, assegais and pangas attacked party members and the media. A journalist was injured during the attack.
This was followed by an EFF visit to police in Tembisa to follow up on investigations into the deaths of EFF members Tsietsi Mothibe and Kenny Matjamane.
“We had insight into one of the dockets and were told the other docket was with the provincial police for investigation. Our members were again attacked later that night during a meeting,” said Mhlongo.
Malema has since accused the police in Tembisa of incompetence. The Tembisa SAPS’ General Vincent Leshabane said EFF members had contravened the law by not asking permission to march.
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