Bloomberg journalist Sam Mkokeli was manhandled by a police officer at the ANC's national conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Mkokeli's media accreditation was confiscated in the scuffle.
Security Personnel assaulting and pushing around @SAEditorsForum's @msmkokeli at the #ANCConference2017#kayanews@KayaNewspic.twitter.com/u7H0wkuOlG
— Shoeshoe Qhu 📻 (@ShoeshoeQhu) December 19, 2017
Journalists were made to wait almost an hour for a walkabout with ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa. When Mkokeli complained, the scuffle ensued.
ANC security has confiscated my tag
— Sam Mkokeli (@msmkokeli) December 19, 2017
The South African National Editors' Forum is now intervening in the matter.
This is a developing story.
*An earlier version of this story described the man as a security guard. The article has now been amended.
White cap should be arrested for assault. Finish and Klaar. Chapeau to @imanrappetti for hanging in there. #freethesam1#anc54https://t.co/8BLU4PS1zA
— Richard Calland (@richardcalland) December 19, 2017
#ANC54 Sam Mkokeli describes how he was man handled by police during a walk about with ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa.TK pic.twitter.com/fBaY9YyP8Q
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) December 19, 2017