Tension rears ugly head in Serule

SERULE: A bitter tussle between traditional leaders and councillor Meshack Mabutho of Serule is rearing its ugly head.

This was evident during a meeting that was called by a group calling itself the ‘Concerned Group’ on Wednesday where they called for an immediate end to the differences.

The conflict was exposed last July when Mabutho complained about a P680,000 project which he said was at a risk of being stolen from the community.  In the Wednesday heated kgotla meeting, Rebaone Messe, a representative of a rival group that sprouted at the gathering, supposedly to rival “Concerned Group”,  told residents that the money Mabutho is accused of misusing was spent in other village developments.

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Inspect the voters' roll!

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