Premier Oscar Mabuyane’s state of the province address got off to a bumpy start at the Christian Centre in Abbotsford, East London, on Thursday when a fight broke out between EFF MPLs and the Eastern Cape legislature’s security detail.EFF MPLs had initially raised their hands, moments before Mabuyane was to begin with his address, to put forward a motion about the plight of tertiary students who have been protesting in East London.
A scuffle that led to chaotic scenes at the Abbotsford Christian Centre in East London where thousands of people gathered for the state of the province address, saw an MPL taken to Frere Hospital after she sustained a head injury.
Pandemonium broke out at Premier Oscar Mabuyane's state of the province address in Abbotsford, East London, on Thursday as EFF MPLs tried to push their way to raise a motion, albeit in vain.
Flying fists, chairs, and water bottles that is how Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane's State of the Province address started after he was interrupted by the EFF.