Tensions rise at Seshego voting station as EFF's Malema and ANC's Buthane queue together

SESHEGO - Tensions are rising at the Mponagele Primary School in Seshego, near Polokwane, where Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema is lined up to cast his vote.

Malema is in the same queue as the party’s former chairperson in Limpopo, Jossey Buthane, who recently left the party to rejoin the African National Congress (ANC).

When Buthane arrived to cast his vote on Wednesday afternoon, he lashed out at law enforcement authorities for allowing EFF members to campaign inside the polling station.

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Malema and Buthane, who’ve been friends since their youth, had a fallout after the EFF’s poor performance in the province during the 2021 local government elections.

Buthane arrived at the voting station in the governing party’s green, black and gold T-shirt.

He stood a few meters away from Malema and complained to police officers that the red berets were chanting and singing inside the voting station.

"Comrades, please do your work. We can also do the campaigning as well, so don't just be here and fold your arms. We can say 'Viva ANC', we can also come here and say Ramaphosa is doing this."

But Malema didn't give him much attention as he started taking selfies with voters who were lined up at the same polling station.

It's reported that more than 1,000 EFF members in the province left the party to join the ANC when Buthane left the red berets earlier this year.

Meanwhile, both Malema and Buthane are still in the queue as they await to mark the ballot paper.