Violence rears its ugly head during protest action: BCM, Komgha, Ginsberg and PE feel the brunt

Arsonists are suspected of torching two refuse compactors – including this one – worth R1.5-million each, at the Great Kei Municipal offices in Komgha Picture: RANDELL ROSKRUGE
Arsonists are suspected of torching two refuse compactors – including this one – worth R1.5-million each, at the Great Kei Municipal offices in Komgha Picture: RANDELL ROSKRUGE
Service delivery protests are mushrooming in the Eastern Cape despite Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize’s visit to “priority municipalities”.

The hotspots include Great Kei in Komgha where a municipal building was torched on Wednesday.

There were also protests in Buffalo City Metro where angry protesters took to the streets yesterday, disrupting traffic flow into and out of the city on the Black Road which links Mdantsane with East London.

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