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On the job: Maluti-a-Phofung municipal workers attending to electricity connections in the area. Photo: Maluti-a-Phofung Communications

Thugs cut power, demand villagers pay

Criminals are allegedly extorting residents when the FS municipality fails to cough up for work they submitted claims for but that was never done

  • Lunga Mzangwe
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African Content Movement (ACM) leader Hlaudi Motsoeneng is being approached by other political parties in the council to take over from ANC mayor Malekula Melato.

ACM leader Hlaudi Motsoeneng being lobbied for Maluti-a-Phofung mayor role

Motsoeneng says he wants to “take over properly” as coalition talks continue in the troubled Maluti-a-Phofung municipality

  • Lunga Mzangwe
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The ANC is considering legal action after a turbulent Maluti-a-Phofung council meeting in which mayor Malekula Melato was removed, amid claims of a flawed process and a leaked EFF recording.(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Inside the EFF Free State plot to remove Maluti-a-Phofung mayor

In a voice note obtained by the Mail & Guardian, a senior EFF leader is heard saying they would give councillors different coloured pens to identify how they voted and that councillors must come to council even if they were sick

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The ANC in Maluti-a-Phofung allegedly brought “thugs” to a council meeting on Thursday to disrupt proceedings intended to discuss a motion of no confidence against mayor Malekula Melato

ANC in QwaQwa allegedly organised “township thugs” armed with knives to disrupt mayor’s removal

A councillor said police had to be brought in to stop the disruptions

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to crack the whip when he meets the Free State ANC provincial executive committee to address failing municipalities

Ramaphosa to crack the whip in the Free State

The president will meet the provincial executive to discuss the state of the province’s municipalities

  • Eyaaz
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Tools of the trade: When the city manager took up his position, the electricity department had one bakkie to cover Qwaqwa. He has since equipped the municipality with the needed vehicles.

Prisoners, parolees and ghost workers on municipality payroll

Maluti-a-Phofung city manager Mzwakhe Mofokeng is on the warpath to stamp out rampant and entrenched corruption bringing the town to its knees

  • Eyaaz
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At least 99 voters have deregistered from the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) voter’s roll in the Free State over the past year. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC cries sabotage as 99 voters deregister from IEC’s Free State roll amid R7000 bribery allegations

Most people usually simply stay away on voting day

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
A water tanker in Phuthaditjhaba, Free State. The province’s lack of reliable services is scuppering the tourism industry. File photo (Delwyn Verasamy)

Free State tourism growth hampered by poor municipal services, says MEC Toto Makume

Some municipalities fail to provide a reliable supply of basic services such as water and electricity

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