BMD Congress Climaxes Into Bloodbath

Police who were said to be on stand-by near Matshekge Secondary School, the original congress venue, only surfaced when the third and last bout of fighting amongst BMD members had subsided. The infighting was amongst one faction headed by ‘expelled’ President Ndaba Gaolathe and the other by Chairperson Nehemiah Modubule.

Members of the two BMD factions pelted each other with stones. The pelting of stones lasted for over an hour. The general feeling amongst observers was that the police response was very late.