There was drama on Monday when the ANC elections campaign trail — led by its president Cyril Ramaphosa — landed in one of Free State’s most dysfunctional municipalities.
As his supporters danced outside his house in Meloding, Virginia, Liphoko told SowetanLIVE sister publication TimesLIVE that he was going to allow the people’s choice be evident come November 1 when he stands independently toe-to-toe with the ANC’s Mohapi.
“We did not want to burn tyres, we decided because SA is a democratic country there are other ways to solve this problem ... I decided to contest as an independent because the people have spoken. I have the voice of the people behind me — and the numbers — and numbers never lie. We are going through this because our cry within the ANC has fallen on deaf ears.”
Stalin Liphoko's supporters gathered outside his house singing anti-ANC candidate songs. The outgoing councillor is contesting as an independent in the upcoming polls.“Virginia is the second-biggest town in Matjhabeng but in all these wards people with experience in local government are all being removed and newcomers are being put in, and we feel it is all deliberate.
Mohapi’s supporters, who live in his street which is one away from Liphoko, defended their candidate as the legitimate candidate, saying Liphoko was a criminal who had failed while given the chance.
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