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Sunday Tribune reports that at least five factories were set alight, with one completely destroyed, at Mandeni’s Isithebe Industrial Estate on the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) north coast last week.
This was apparently because the community was unhappy with mayor Siphelele Zulu, demanding that he should step down. Sihle Zikalala, MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, confirmed that since last Monday factories owned by the Ithala Development Finance Corporation had been torched by people disgruntled with the local municipality. “We understand people have issues they are concerned about. However, those issues don’t necessarily have a direct bearing on what is taking place in the industrial estate. We, therefore, urge communities not to vent their anger on economic hubs like this,” Zikalala said. Police confirmed that 15 people had been arrested for malicious damage to property and for inciting public violence. Zikalala indicated that the provincial government was also concerned about the burning of seven trucks along the crucial N3 corridor linking KZN with Gauteng.
- Read the original of Nkululeko Nene’s short report on the above at Sunday Tribune
- See too, Seven trucks set alight on N3 near Mooi River, at Independent News
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