President’s no-show leaves Vuwani community furious
Crowd boos Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen after demarcation talks stall
President Jacob Zuma failed to address his second rally in a week, pulling out of a speaking engagement in the politically sensitive Vuwani at the eleventh hour on Sunday. Zuma, who was booed at the Workers Day main rally on Monday last week, was expected to address the troubled community fighting for its reincorporation into the Makhado municipality in Limpopo. In 2016‚ residents took to the streets for more than three months‚ protesting against a government decision to incorporate the area into LIM345‚ a municipality east of the township in Malamulele. More than 24 schools were torched during those violent protests. On Sunday morning, Zuma was said to have met the VhaVhenda king, Toni Ramabulana, and other community leaders. It was agreed in the meeting that Vuwani would be serviced by the Vhembe District Municipality in the interim, while a longer term solution to the demarcation dispute was sought. After the meeting Zuma was expected to address the community but he did not pitch...
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