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ANC factionalism reared its head in Rustenburg on Tuesday after a North West party leader was jailed for paying his bodyguard to kill a fellow politician and whistle-blower.

There was a stand-off between two groups – one supporting convicted killer and former Rustenburg mayor Matthew Wolmarans, 43, and the other for the slain party member, Moss Phakoe. The groups attacked each other in songs, with the one in support of the killers trashing the streets after court proceedings.

Inside the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court, Wolmarans, a member of the provincial executive committee (PEC) of the ANC in the province, listened as Judge Rodney Hendricks sentenced him to 20 years’ imprisonment for the murder of councillor Phakoe three years ago.

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