Kokstad protesters stone and loot shops while calling for mayor to be fired
BUSINESS activities in Kokstad ground to a halt when hundreds of protesters took to the streets demanding the removal of their local mayor and her deputy, in the KwaZulu-Natal town.Police used teargas against rampaging protesters who stoned and looted shops on Tuesday.The protesters also tried to burn down a school‚ but the municipality’s fire department doused the flames before any significant damage was caused.At the centre of grievances aired by the community is the failure‚ by the ANC‚ to remove mayor Nosisa Jojozi and deputy mayor Bheki Mtolo.Protesters said the pair‚ who are high up on the list of local government councillor candidates‚ have failed to deliver basic services."They have failed to deliver and the ANC is bringing us the same people again‚" said Eric Jiyane, of Mount Currie Reserve.Mkululi White‚ a Kokstad resident who posted a picture of burning municipal offices‚ wrote on Facebook: "Hello beautiful Kokstadians … there’s nothing we can say because we have been war...
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