Scores of Komani residents clashed with police on Monday when they took to the streets in protest over the burning of the historic town hall at the weekend.
Disappointment, despair and anger have engulfed Komani after another major municipal building, the more than 130-year-old town hall, went up in flames on Friday. Opposition parties and residents want answers on how a fourth municipal building caught fire in two years. Enoch Mgijima municipality spokesperson Lonwabo Kowa said the incident had left the municipality devastated.