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The violence again struck Kimberley as thousands of protesters gathered on Sunday to protest the mayor of the city, Mangaliso Matika
EWN reports that residents have risen after the authorities of the municipality of Sol Plaatjie increased their rates.
Thousands of members of the Kimberley community came together to chart a course of action regarding protests against local mayor Mangaliso Matika. They called him to resign. #sabcnews #KimberleyShutDown pic.twitter.com/PYTOAVR70u
– Mphankomo ???? ️ ???? (@neobodumela) July 22, 2018
The unrest in the region continued throughout the month of July.
Several buildings were burned as a result of service delivery demonstrations in early July.
"All homes connected to the grid in addition to the normal prepaid or monthly bills introduced by Matika have been dismantled, but locals demand that justice prevail in the municipality run out of money, claiming that corruption is behind the arduous conditions in which many residents Tumelo Mosikane, one of the organizers of the protest earlier this month, said the locals wanted the financial director Zuziwe Mahloko and the city manager Goolam Akharwaray to do the same. subject to investigation for bribery because R260 charges were "irregular".
to write to the ANC expressing its determination to remove Matika.
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