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Sol plaatje municipality

NC protesters torch municipal building

By Shamiela Fisher

The police have urged residents not to resort to violence or damage property and to try to resolve their grievances in an amicable manner.

  • Julius Malema addressed the women of Springbok in the Nothern Cape on Women's Day. Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/Twitter.

    Malema accuses NC ANC councillors for demanding sex for houses, jobs

    Malema addressed a women’s day celebration in Springbok in the province on Friday.

    622 days ago
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    NC health department to probe deductions from Sol Plaatje staff salaries

    Some Sol Plaatje municipal staff members have approached their unions claiming as much as R1,200 was deducted from their salaries on at least two occasions.

    716 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Political analyst warns ANC of tensions in Sol Plaatje municipality

    The municipality is expected to go to the ballot boxes for by-elections on Thursday.

    799 days ago
  • The Sol Plaatje Municipality building. Picture: Google Earth.

    Pule Thabane moves back into mayoral office after probe

    Thabane is among nine councillors expelled from the African National Congress for voting against fellow party member and former mayor Mangaliso Matika.

    895 days ago
  • FILE: Ousted Sol Plaatje Municipality Mayor Mangaliso Matika. Picture: Solplaatje.org.za.

    New Sol Plaatje mayor among 9 expelled ANC councillors

    The party took the decision on Friday after the members voted against fellow party members and then mayor Mangaliso Matika.

    904 days ago
  • FILE: Ousted Sol Plaatje Municipality Mayor Mangaliso Matika. Picture: Solplaatje.org.za

    Axed Sol Plaatje Municipality councillor Boitumelo Stout vows to fight

    Nine councillors in the party were expelled on Friday after they voted against fellow party member and then mayor, Mangaliso Matika.

    908 days ago
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    ANC NC rejects new mayor’s appointment

    A new mayor was elected during a special council meeting on Thursday, in the Sol Plaatje Municipality.

    908 days ago
  • FILE: Ousted Sol Plaatje Municipality Mayor Mangaliso Matika. Picture: Solplaatje.org.za

    ANC NC expels 9 Sol Plaatje councillors

    The party says the councillors colluded with the opposition to remove Sol Plaatje executive mayor Mangaliso Matika through an illegal meeting.

    909 days ago
  • FILE: Ousted Sol Plaatje Municipality Mayor Mangaliso Matika. Picture: Solplaatje.org.za.

    NC court grants interim order for Mangaliso Matika to vacate office

    Pula Thabane, who was voted in as Sol Plaatje Municipality mayor last week following a motion of no confidence in Matika, will wear the mayoral chain for now.

    996 days ago
  • Kimberley protests. Picture: Supplied.

    Police beef up presence in protest-hit Kimberley

    Schools in the Sol Plaatje Municipality had to close on Monday due to the unrest in the area, which saw roads being barricaded.

    997 days ago
  • FILE: Protests in Kimberley. Picture: Supplied

    75 Kimberley schools closed due to violent protests

    Law enforcement officers are monitoring the situation, trying to unblock roads that have been barricaded by protesters, mainly in Galeshewe.

    997 days ago
  • Ousted Sol Plaatje Municipality Mayor Mangaliso Matika. Picture: Solplaatje.org.za

    Ousted Sol Plaatje Municipality Mayor to head to court over removal

    Mangaliso Matika was stripped of his mayoral chain following a majority council motion of no confidence vote earlier this week.

    1000 days ago
  • FILE: Ousted Sol Plaatje Municipality Mayor Mangaliso Matika. Picture: Solplaatje.org.za

    NC DA says will go to court if Matika refuses to leave office

    Mangaliso Matika was removed following a majority council vote on Wednesday following violent protests against his leadership in the province's capital city.

    1001 days ago
  • Violent protests erupted in Kimberly, Northern Cape, on 12 July 2018. Picture: Supplied

    Service delivery resumes in Kimberley municipality after protests

    During the protests last week, roads were barricaded with burning tyres and some shops were looted.

    1003 days ago
  • FILE: A police nyala. Picture: EWN.

    Kimberley residents burn tyres, block roads calling for mayor to resign

    Disgruntled community members are up in arms after authorities at the Sol Plaatjie Municipality introduced a hike in electricity tariffs.

    1005 days ago
  • Violent protests erupted in Kimberly, Northern Cape, on 12 July 2018. Picture: Supplied.

    Municipal officials to be investigated following Kimberly protests

    The Sol Plaatje Municipality was rocked by violent protests last week when residents demanded the city's municipal manager and chief financial officer be axed.

    1007 days ago
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