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Councillor beaten up for a tender

Soshanguve councillor Maribishi Marotola has opened a case of assault after he was allegedly beaten up by a group people. Marotola said the group demanded a tender to build some of the RDP houses earmarked for Extension 7 in the township. The incident took place last Thursday when officials from the Department of Human Settlements went to the area to hand over the project to the councillor. Minutes before the handover, a group of people arrived in a bakkie and private cars and started swearing at the councillor. “One of them took out a slingshot and hit me in the private parts. I was provoked and attempted to disarm him, but the others helped him to overpower me,” he said. He stumbled and fell, at which time one of them punched him on the cheek, eye and upper body, the councillor said. Following the attack, he left the scene to seek medical attention and did not witness the handover of the project.

Marotola blamed the secretary of the local ANC branch, Enos Chiloane, and accused him of having mobilised the people to attack him. “There were people in a bakkie who said they were sent by the branch secretary to attack me and disrupt the project,” he said. But Chiloane hit back, saying there was no way he could have sent people as he didn’t even know about the handover of the project to the councillor. According to Marotola, his attackers demanded to be granted a tender to build 50 of the 100 RDP houses for local residents. “It is not my prerogative to award tenders. The project steering committee is still going to sit and discuss how the community would benefit from this project.”

Source: www.iol.co.za

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