Community members target mayor’s home

TWO GROUPS of community members gathered outside Siyathemba mayor Xolile Phillips’ house in Prieska on Tuesday following a tussle over the mayoral seat. The entrance to his house was obstructed by community members. Phillips, who is also the chairperson of the Siyathemba Community Forum (SCF), was sworn in as mayor on November 22 along with two SCM councillors, Siziwe Mooi and Mauricia Nimmerhoudt, after they also received support from the ANC. SCM ward councillor Ronald Februarie applied for an urgent interdict in the Northern Cape High Court on Sunday,

November 28 to remove the three

SCM proportional representatives from council.

He said he had filed papers on Tuesday so that the matter could be heard in the motion court today, to set a trial date for arguments.

He stated that the SCM councillors did not receive the mandate to align the movement with the ANC.