MMMM THE DOG IS NOW EATING ITS TAIL .... ANC MEETING TURNS BLOODY

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By Andisiwe Makinana
Political Writer

An ANC branch meeting in Khayelitsha descended into chaos at the weekend, with several people attacked, stabbed and beaten.

ANC members claim that as many as 15 people were injured, but the provincial Department of Health says it is aware of seven people who were treated, mainly for lacerations, on Saturday night after the meeting turned violent.

One person is still in a serious condition in Tygerberg Hospital after sustaining head injuries.

The meeting was to have elected new leadership for the ANC branch of Ward 95, which encompasses Makhaza, Nkanini and Kuyasa.

Several people the Cape Argus interviewed on Saturday night said the trouble had started before the meeting had even begun.

A group of people sitting outside the Nonkqubela Community Health Centre, all of them claiming to be ANC members and wearing ANC gear, told the Cape Argus that other party members had used knives, rocks, chairs and a as weapons.

A local leader, who did not want to be named, said chaos had erupted when the party members at the meeting were told that 120 more people were needed so the meeting could achieve quorum.

The woman said she believed the instigators of the attack had been worried that, once a quorum of 465 was reached, they would not get the votes needed to see them elected as leaders.

The ANC members gathered outside the community health centre said the meeting, at Kuyasa Primary School's hall, had been scheduled to start at 1pm.

It had not started by 3pm - and that was when the trouble started.

Party members had gone ahead with registration, but a group of "agitated" people had stood around singing songs and demanding their membership cards.

People cannot participate without membership cards.

After the quorum announcement had been made, a local ANC Youth League leader had taken to the stage and called for women to remain on one side of the hall and men on the other, ANC members told the Cape Argus on Sunday night.

The hall's exit door had been closed and a group of about 100 people had started to attack those present, the members said.

The attackers had thrown chairs and rocks at some delegates. Other people had brandished knives. The fighting in the hall had lasted for about an hour.

Sakhe Jaji was one of the people who had been stabbed and treated at the community health centre.

He told the Cape Argus that he had been stabbed three times in the head.

Jaji said he had been among those calling for a membership card, saying that he had applied for one in May but had not yet received it. He claimed that cards had been deliberately withheld so that some people could not vote.

Mzuvukile Ntlonze was stabbed twice in the back.

He said he had been smoking outside the hall when he heard a commotion erupt behind him. He had turned and had been stabbed twice in the back by a man he recognised.

The provincial health department said on Monday that two people had been transferred from the community health centre to Tygerberg Hospital.

One had been discharged on Sunday and the other was still in a serious condition after sustaining head injuries.

Mandla Dlamini, representing the ANC's provincial task team, confirmed the attack but blamed the violence on a group of boys aged between 12 and 17 who had wanted to disrupt the meeting.

He added that if ANC members were found to be responsible, the party would deal with them.

Dlamini, who was not present at the meeting, said he had been told that the drunken youths had arrived in a mini-bus.

"They went to the hall and when told to register or leave, they pulled out knives and stabbed people."

He said the police had been called but had allegedly done nothing to stop the violence.

Constable Nosiphiwo Mntengwane of Harare police station said a case of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm had been opened and that the police were investigating the matter.

A top local ANC Youth League leader has been implicated by a number of people at the meeting.

The Cape Argus knows his name. He refused to comment, saying: "The ANC will deal with that."

[Michael Alexander]

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