Cope wants action against ANC after Nelson Mandela Bay council brawl

The fight broke out during a Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality council meeting last week.

A Melson Mandela Bay Metro Municipality councillor receiving treatment after a brawl in a council meeting. Picture: Athol Trollip

Kevin Brandt | 1025 days ago

CAPE TOWN - The Congress of the People (Cope) has called for stringent action to be taken against African National Congress (ANC) members who were allegedly involved in bloody brawl during council meeting in Port Elizabeth.

This is what the ANC has turned our council chamber and an IDP MEETING in Despatch into today. The Last dying kicks pic.twitter.com/cPs9rPBKcJ
— Athol Trollip (@AtholT) October 27, 2016

The fight broke out during a meeting of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality officials last week.

Two councillors were left injured, a security guard also apparently discharged a firearm.

Cope's Dennis Bloem says: "This type of behaviour is nothing else but hooliganism. We can see that the ANC don't want to accept the reality that they're no more in power in the Nelson Mandela Bay, in Tshwane Metro and in Johannesburg."

More in Local

Comments

EWN welcomes all comments that are constructive, contribute to discussions in a meaningful manner and take stories forward.

However, we will NOT condone the following:

- Racism (including offensive comments based on ethnicity and nationality)
- Sexism
- Homophobia
- Religious intolerance
- Cyber bullying
- Hate speech
- Derogatory language
- Comments inciting violence.

We ask that your comments remain relevant to the articles they appear on and do not include general banter or conversation as this dilutes the effectiveness of the comments section.

We strive to make the EWN community a safe and welcoming space for all.

EWN reserves the right to: 1) remove any comments that do not follow the above guidelines; and, 2) ban users who repeatedly infringe the rules.

Should you find any comments upsetting or offensive you can also flag them and we will assess it against our guidelines.

EWN is constantly reviewing its comments policy in order to create an environment conducive to constructive conversations.

Cope wants action against ANC after Nelson Mandela Bay council brawl

Timeline

Maimane wants Ramaphosa to answer for Cabinet members linked CR17 campaign

FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: The ANC's narcissism is damaging SA

eThekwini opposition councillors stage walkout over removed ANC members

Zondo commission a year later, Guptas still yet to testify

Comments

Choose an EWN Twitter account

Choose an EWN app