Families live in fear after homes burnt in protests over councillor

VILLAGE FURY: Six houses in four homesteads, in Nowalala village near Ntabankulu were torched and people left homeless after violence erupted over a councillor. Three schools have been closed since August 9 by the angry villagers demanding the ANC respond to their grievances and change the current councillor whom they said was not their favourite Picture: LULAMILE FENI
VILLAGE FURY: Six houses in four homesteads, in Nowalala village near Ntabankulu were torched and people left homeless after violence erupted over a councillor. Three schools have been closed since August 9 by the angry villagers demanding the ANC respond to their grievances and change the current councillor whom they said was not their favourite Picture: LULAMILE FENI
Four homesteads belonging to ANC members in the Alfred Nzo district were torched at the weekend in post-election violence.

Several families from Nowalala village on the outskirts of Ntabankulu are now living in fear after fighting broke out over Ntabankulu ward 4 councillor Zwelixolile Makhosonke.

Hundreds of protesting residents said they instead wanted candidate Gladys Nomvuyo Makwabaza to be their councillor and those believed to be supporting Makhosonke have been targeted.

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