POLITICAL NEWS - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the behaviour of some delegates at the ANC's Eastern Cape elective conference as regrettable.
He was addressing members in East London a short while ago.
A brawl broke out overnight which left several delegates injured many of whom had to be hospitalized.
Despite the violent disruptions Oscar Mabuyane has been announced as the new provincial chairperson.
Ramaphosa has condemned the violence which erupted at the Eastern Cape elective conference over the weekend.
In a video, delegates can be seen flinging plastic chairs and punching each other as chaos erupted at the conference centre in East London in the early hours of this morning.