🌍 Africa 13h ago · Lunga Mzangwe

Thugs cut power, demand villagers pay

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Criminal gangs posing as municipal employees are allegedly disconnecting villagers in the troubled Maluti-a-Phofung local municipality and demanding up to R8 000 to reconnect them. The alleged extortion is unfolding in a municipality long plagued by corruption, financial dysfunction and failing service delivery.



The Mail & Guardian visited several villages last week where the alleged electricity syndicates have reportedly been operating.



During a visit to Tseseng village in Phuthaditjh

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