Police have confirmed that the EFF MP who was arrested in connection with the protest action against Clicks is Kenny Motsamai.
Motsamai has since appeared at the Sedibeng magistrate’s court where he was granted bail. He faces charges of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. “He will appear in court on Monday again,” Naidoo said.
Naidoo said that Motsamai was the only one who was arrested during the Evaton incident but nine other people were arrested nationwide for unrest that broke out at Clicks stores amid protests led by the EFF. Motsamai is out on parole after spending almost 28 years in prison for killing a white traffic officer in Rustenburg in 1989. The officer was killed amid a bank robbery sanctioned by the PAC. The proceeds from the robbery were to assist the PAC in its activities.
He was 26 years old when he was arrested and had just returned from Ethiopia after military training. He refused to apologise or show remorse for killing the traffic officer.
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