Residents of Sol Plaatjie Municipality meet to discuss the reinstatement of Mayor Matika

SAfm — Community leaders at the Sol Plaatjie Municipality in the Northern Cape have urged residents not to take to the streets over the reinstatement of mayor Mangaliso Matika, by the high court in Kimberely yesterday. A community meeting has been scheduled for this afternoon at five where a way forward will be decided on. Matika was removed during a council meeting last month, which the court has ruled was illegal. Unhappy residents had been protesting for days in the run up to Matika’s removal because of a tariff hike he and his officials implemented. There were also allegations of corruption. Our reporter Puleng Modupi is on the story.