Municipal offices vandalized and trashed in Bushbuckridge

Smashed windows and broken burglar doors are all that guard the entrance to the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality. Employees alleged the municipality was covering up what had happened in the mayor’s office last Thursday.

“We are actually worried regarding what is happening in this municipality, because no steps were taken to report the incident to the police and no criminal case was opened. Municipal property was vandalised during broad daylight and during working hours on June 3. We suspect that the management knows something and is trying to hide the truth from the public. Whose money is going to be used to fix those damages?” said the source.

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Clainton Khoza, acting spokesperson for the municipality, said, “There was actually no break-in into the mayor’s office, except the damage caused in the executive entrance during the storming by members of the Bushbuckridge Chamber of Business.