People in Africa carry sticks because it is their culture, and have no intention to kill with them, Amcu leader Joseph Mathunjwa said on Monday.

"This is South Africa, this is not New York," he said at a New Age breakfast briefing in Johannesburg.

"The traditional weapons a man [carries] when he walks out, he's used to carrying a stick but not with the intention to kill."

He said if government wanted this to...read more here: We carry sticks because it is our culture: Mathunjwa