Police disperse EFF members protesting outside uMhlathuze municipal offices
The party is protesting to demand that three of their six councillors be removed from council.
This is some of the damage to infrastructure that occurred when the protesters forcefully entered the municipal building. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/ EWN.
DURBAN - Police have dispersed Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members protesting outside the uMhlathuze local municipal offices in Richard’s Bay, in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
This happened as party members forcefully entered the municipal building where a council meeting was scheduled for Thursday.
The party wants three of its councillors removed and their seats declared vacant.
The party said the councillors were recalled in 2023 but refused to comply with the party’s instruction.
EFF party supporters charged towards the uMhlathuze local municipal offices, singing and chanting as they forced entry into the municipal building.
A window and a glass door were broken during the chaos.
The party is protesting to demand that three of their six councillors be removed from council.
[WATCH] The party’s Sabelo Khubisa tells journalists that they want the municipality to declare 3 of their 6 council seats vacant. @_NMabaso pic.twitter.com/pVTcCkQ8Tk
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) January 23, 2025