Concerned group to conduct another march against BCF
Members of the community of BaPhalaborwa who have been embarking on protests in the past weeks over the disbanding of the Ba Phalaborwa Community Forum (BCF), will be marching again on Wednesday, December 7.
According to Dr. Hoshani Majele, representing the protesters, they will start their march in Namakgale and end it at the municipal offices in town. “We demand that the mayor, Merriam Malatji, Col Sesinyana Bila of Namakgale Police Station, Ebby Ledwaba, and an individual
mentioned as Dikeledi from PMC be fired.”
According to Majele, the four individuals are obstacles to the success of the concerned group. “All these people do is reject and ignore our demands of disbanding the BCF. “Bila refused to open a case against BCF when we submitted proof of corruption by BCF at the station and Ledwaba continues to publish vacancies at the mine after we have demanded that they don’t hire people until the matter is resolved,” he said.
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The whole debacle started when the group had a vote of no confidence against the BCF, demanding its disbandment and accusing them of corruption. On November 8, they handed over a memorandum to stakeholders, including the municipality, PMC, and other organisations. The stakeholders were given seven days to respond.
After a week of no response, the group went to the streets to block and burn tyres in the R40 and the R71, until two members were arrested and later released. At the time of going to press the outcome of the march was not yet known.
