Limpopo Mirror 22 July 2022

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Violent politics at Tshikuwi Frustrated community break windows and demand that councillor resigns road with rocks, demanding that the Makhado MuniciThe tension between frus­ pality’s leadership come and trated community members address them about what and their elected political they described as a corrupt representatives has escalat­ councillor. They insisted that ed into violence in the Tshi­ the ward councillor should kuwi area. Residents have resign. On Sunday night, seemingly turned on their some of the angry protesters councillor, vandalising also went to the councillor’s his house and car the past home, where they broke weekend. They have also windows of his five-room vowed to continue blocking house and the windows of his access roads to the area. vehicle. Residents went on the The group of residents rampage on Thursday, 14 accuse Makhado MuniciJuly, and closed the D523 pality’s Ward 21 councillor, Mbulaheni Magada, of being corrupt and abusing his position for the last decade. They say he has failed to act as a true leader, calling him “disloyal and untrustworthy” and “not committed to dealing with the concerns of the community”. They also allege that he hires friends and relatives when job opportunities arise. The secretary of the The windows of the house of Cllr Vhembe Concerned Group, Mr PhathutMagada as well as his car were shedzo Ramabulana, broken on Sunday night. Photo said that residents had supplied By Kaizer Nengovhela

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had enough of councillors who used their leadership positions to achieve personal gain. “The process of hiring people for the jobs here was not done in a transparent way. Magada has been practising nepotism from the beginning, appointing supporters, friends and relatives, and it is not a good thing. We are passing a motion of no confidence against him because he is irresponsible. He holds no respect for the people who voted him in,” said Ramabulana. Ramabulana said that his organisation, however, did not condone the vandalising of property and they distanced themselves from the people who had broken windows at Magada’s home. Cllr Magada firmly denied all the allegations against him. He explained that a ballot system was used when selecting applicants for local job opportunities. Magada explained that he used a process where an applicant picked a piece of paper from a box, marked either “Yes” or “No”. If the person picked a “Yes”, he or she was in line to be hired.

Magada said he was surprised to learn that the same people who had voted for him as the ward councillor, now wanted him to resign. He blamed the local ANC Youth League and the branch’s leadership for “inciting residents” against him. He said everything formed part of a planned campaign against him. The mayor of Makhado Municipality, Cllr Samuel Munyai, confirmed that the municipality had received the residents’ grievances but refrained from responding, for now. Limpopo police spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo said they had opened a case of malicious damage to property and that one person had been arrested so far. The case is still being investigated. A meeting with the Makhado mayor was scheduled for Wednesday, 20 July to discuss the grievances. From what was reported, the meeting did not end well and the aggrieved residents vowed to continue with their protest action and block access roads to the area.

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Ward 21 councillor, Mbulaheni Magada. Photo: Makhado Municipality website Residents from Tshikuwi closed the D523 road from 14 to 19 July, demanding the resignation of Makhado Municipality’s ward 21 coun­ cillor, Mbulaheni Magada, whom they accuse of being corrupt. Photo supplied.


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