LOOK: 60 arrested after municipal vehicles torched in Kroonstad
MAOKENG - Sixty people were arrested after a Post Office building and Moqhaka municipality's vehicles were set alight during a service delivery protest in Maokeng, Kroonstad on Thursday, Free State police said.
Captain Stephen Thakeng said a concerned group in Maokeng complained about serve delivery and high unemployment rate, blocked the streets with burning tyres."The situation is tense but POP [Public Order Police] members continues to maintain law and order," he said.
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