Jagersfontein is a small town in the Free State that sprung up during the diamond rush of the 1870s. In the early hours of Sunday tragedy struck after a slime dam wall collapsed near the open-pit mine.
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The DA handed over a memorandum to the Tokologo Municipality following a march this morning in Dealesville with local residents and DA councillors to highlight the lack of services in this municipality and the Free State. View memorandum here. The community of Dealesville united in their adversity to show their dissatisfaction with the poor services. A memorandum was handed over to a representative of the Municipality by Mr Letuka regarding issues relating to the lack of water for 15 days, sewage and refuse pollution in the community, infrastructure decay, electricity interruptions, poor financial and other administration, and the lack of a decent billing system for residents. Residents in Tokologo have reached their saturation point with the poorly ANC-run municipality and the daily decay of basic services and have decided to march with the DA to highlight issues in this regard.
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Since the protests in Mangaung in the Free State erupted on Sunday, 70 people have been arrested.
According to police, foreign owned shops and incidents of public violence have been reported.
News24 also reported that a teenager was killed.
Seventy people have been arrested so far in connection with the protests in the Free State that saw the looting of shops and the death of a teenager.
The protests, which started on Sunday evening in an apparent attempt to shutdown Mangaung, resulted in dozens of incidents of alleged public violence, theft, vehicle hijackings and business robberies.
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By late on Tuesday evening, one of the Mangaung Community Concern (MCC) leaders, Lilly Tsoeu, told News24 an agreement had been reached.
Protesters used burning tyres, stones and debris to block several roads, while several businesses were looted.
Free State Premier Sefora Ntombela said the meeting had deliberated on the key concerns raised by the various stakeholders, including the lack of service delivery.
The protest in the Free State, which saw 19 people arrested, has been suspended after the Mangaung Community Concern (MCC) leadership and Premier Sefora Ntombela reached an agreement.
It will bind all stakeholders, outline all areas of concern and timeframes for implementation as well as monitoring.