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News24 reports that schools and the offices of the Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality in Siyabuswa, Mpumalanga, have been closed after residents embarked on protests against the suspension of the municipal manager, Thami Kubheka.
The executive mayor of the municipality, Thulare Madileng, indicated on Wednesday that Kubheka was placed on precautionary suspension on 12 July pending an investigation into allegations of corruption levelled against him. Kubheka was appointed as municipal manager on 1 March. Madileng reported that the residents had been on the rampage since Monday and had blocked all municipality employees from entering the premises. He commented as follows: "People are falsely being told that I protect corruption while the municipal manager is fighting it. Schools and roads have been closed. We are willing to go to work but we are also worried about our safety." He appealed to residents to open the gates of the municipality so that its employees could report for duty and deliver basic services to the community. Several residents insisted that Kubheka had been suspended because he was fighting corruption in the municipality, while others expressed disappointment at not being able to travel to work. The situation in the town was tense on Wednesday afternoon.
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