The results of the ANC Eastern Cape provincial elective conference have been announced.
Former regional general secretary Oscar Mabuyane has been elected as the provincial chair in the leadership battle with Premier Pumulo Masualle. Mlungisi Mvoko was named as Mabuyane's deputy.
But it was far from a peaceful process and late on Saturday night, members hurled chairs and other objects at one another in East London's International Convention Centre.
Several people were hospitalised - one person with severe facial injuries after being struck repeatedly with a microphone.
A group of disgruntled members from the Masualle faction has already indicated it will challenge this conference's validity and they have taken the matter to the High Court in East London.
