Sol plaatje municipality
NC protesters torch municipal building
The police have urged residents not to resort to violence or damage property and to try to resolve their grievances in an amicable manner.
Malema addressed a women’s day celebration in Springbok in the province on Friday.
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.
The municipality is expected to go to the ballot boxes for by-elections on Thursday.
Thabane is among nine councillors expelled from the African National Congress for voting against fellow party member and former mayor Mangaliso Matika.
The party took the decision on Friday after the members voted against fellow party members and then mayor Mangaliso Matika.
Nine councillors in the party were expelled on Friday after they voted against fellow party member and then mayor, Mangaliso Matika.
A new mayor was elected during a special council meeting on Thursday, in the Sol Plaatje Municipality.
The party says the councillors colluded with the opposition to remove Sol Plaatje executive mayor Mangaliso Matika through an illegal meeting.
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.
Schools in the Sol Plaatje Municipality had to close on Monday due to the unrest in the area, which saw roads being barricaded.
Law enforcement officers are monitoring the situation, trying to unblock roads that have been barricaded by protesters, mainly in Galeshewe.
Mangaliso Matika was stripped of his mayoral chain following a majority council motion of no confidence vote earlier this week.
Mangaliso Matika was removed following a majority council vote on Wednesday following violent protests against his leadership in the province's capital city.
During the protests last week, roads were barricaded with burning tyres and some shops were looted.
Disgruntled community members are up in arms after authorities at the Sol Plaatjie Municipality introduced a hike in electricity tariffs.
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.