âââ 15:34 Mon, 24 May 2021 PHOTO: municipalities.co.za
Police in the North West have had their hands full since Monday morning, dispersing residents who had blockaded some roads leading into Mafikeng.
The R503 road linking Mahikeng and Lichtenburg and N18 linking Mahikeng and Vryburg were earlier barricaded with various objects.
The residents are protesting against lack of service delivery, unemployment, poverty, the neglect of tourism attractions in Mahikeng, and the selling of properties built during the Bophuthatswana governance, which include residential and commercial properties.
They say the selling of Bop properties is stripping the province of the Bophuthatswana government legacy, instead of uplifting the economy of the province.