The killing of municipal councillors and officials is on the increase in South Africa. It represents a direct attack on our hard-won democracy, says Bheke Stofile, the president of the South African Local Government Association.
After a two-day blockade of Port St Johns by protesters, police on Thursday reopened the roads leading to the coastal town where hospitals, schools, government offices and businesses were all but shut down while the town was cut off from the outside world. Police said protesters had commandeered eight trucks and “forced drivers to jackknife their trucks on the roads” including the R61 between Mthatha and Port St Johns and several routes to Lusikisiki.
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Co-operative governance MEC Zolile Williams has called for urgent police intervention after a spate of attacks on councillors in the province, with the latest incident on Sunday leaving a Port St Johns councillor’s nephew wounded. Williams said his proposed meeting with provincial police commissioner Lt-Gen Nomthetheleli Mene this week would discuss a “responsive security plan to deal with this growing trend of violence against elected public officials at local government level, especi.
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