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From left: EFF Limpopo chairperson Jossey Buthane, commissar Fana Mokoena and party leader Julius Malema at an EFF meeting with the Lepelle-Nkumpi subregion in Limpopo in 2019. (Photo: EFF / Facebook)
Jossey Buthane, the former EFF Limpopo chairperson who has returned to the ANC, has been arrested for attempted murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm. (Photo: Supplied)
Nine-year-old Grade 3 pupil Tsiamo Lebaka, who was wounded during a clash between ANC and EFF supporters at Juju Valley Settlement in Seshego. (Photo: Supplied)