Minister heads to Vuwani, Limpopo as unrest continues

Minister heads to Vuwani, Limpopo as unrest continues

Local Government Minister Des van Rooyen is making his way to Vuwani in Limpopo after community protests have led to more than a dozen schools torched.

Vuwani, Limpopo protest
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Satellite police stations, tribal offices and municipal trucks were also set alight over the merging of Vuwani and Malamulele. 


This as a governmental task team has been meeting with traditional leaders on neutral ground in Thohoyandou to try and find a solution to the violence that resumed after the community lost a High Court challenge over the demarcation of the area into another municipality.


Limpopo provincial spokesperson Phuti Seloba says the traditional leaders present were delegated by the Venda King Toni Mphephu-Ramabulana.


"We are consulting at a district level. After the district, we will go to the local chief. The chiefs that we see are those delegated by the king," he said.


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