The community of Barberton in Mpumalanga on Monday set alight the constituency offices and the municipality building during a long-running protest action in the area.
Umjindi local municipality and the City of Mbombela were amalgamated towards the 2016 local government elections in an attempt to boost the City of Mbombela’s quest for a metro status.
The protest which entered its fourth week on Monday saw the burning of trucks and cars and looting of foreign nationals’ shops. “As the ANC we supports rights to protest in demand of services, but we don’t support thuggery. Burning of infrastructure is a crime that is why we say the police must do their job to people who do that. It’s a pity they burning buildings of the party they claim to be supporting and the government led by the same party."If they had problems they would have came to the offices of the ANC and place their demands so that we work with them in solving such,” said Mathe.
“We have now handed the matter to the police because it’s now clear that it is a criminal matter,” said Mthethwa.
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