WATCH: ANC security officials tell journalist to open a police case
The walk-about by newly elected ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa was marred by an incident where a journalist was manhandled.
A journalist at the ANC conference. Image: Twitter
An ANC security official was caught on camera shoving a journalist out of Nasrec in the vicinity of Gate 5.
As early as Saturday the media has been complaining bitterly about the aggressive and heavy-handed manner in which security deals with reporters and photographers. In most instances, they threaten to kick them out of Nasrec.
In the video below, the security officer who is seen manhandling journalist Sam Mkhokheli outside of the venue in another video, tells him to to go the nearest police station a police case and refuses to hand back his accreditation.
https://twitter.com/ShoeshoeQhu/status/943128190410661888
#ANC54 Sam Mkokeli describes how he was man handled by police during a walk about with ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa.TK pic.twitter.com/myVqkeIMl4
— Motshoane Mabena (@MotshoaneMabena) December 19, 2017
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