Langeberg Mayor Schalk van Eeden has confirmed he's not yet visited the Nkqubela township at Robertson following the violence there but says he’s been consistently involved in finding a resolution.
CAPE TOWN - Langeberg's Mayor Schalk van Eeden has confirmed he's not yet visited the Nkqubela township at Robertson in the Western Cape following the violence there but said he has been consistently involved in finding a resolution.
By Friday evening, tensions were still running high in the township, where fighting among farm workers saw homes burnt down, stores looted, several people assaulted, and hundreds displaced. “Don’t stay away. Local government representatives, once elected, are so scared to come back to the people who elected them. And now we ask ourselves why we elect people who can’t come back to us?”