Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba dissolved the municipal council due to infighting amid allegations of corruption and lack of service delivery.
THABAZIMBI - Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba says she’ll not shy away from taking tough decisions, irrespective of who is involved.
Ramathuba dissolved the municipal council due to infighting amid allegations of corruption and lack of service delivery. Since then, the municipality has had two mayors, and two municipal managers, and according to a parliamentary report, salaries of workers who were not on good terms with some officials were not paid.
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