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(Photo: Supplied)</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The protesters gathered early in the morning at the Thembisile Chris Hani Hexagon, their regular meeting place since the start of the protests, and began moving through Komani singing, dancing and chanting, calling for the municipality to be dissolved.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some called for Enoch Mgijima Municipality’s mayor, Madoda Papiyana, to be removed. 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(Photo: Supplied)</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said the Cabinet appreciated the seriousness of the identified issues and assured residents that a decision on how to address the municipality’s challenges would be communicated soon.</span>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more in</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Daily Maverick: “</span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-01-26-oops-its-gone-dark-again-in-komani/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oops, it’s gone dark again in Komani</span></i></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking to </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Maverick</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Komani Protest Action (KPA) leader Axolile Masiza said the protest would continue until Dlamini Zuma came to Komani and addressed the residents.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“We received a phone call from her office telling us that the Cabinet will respond to our demand in a week or two weeks,” he said.</span>\r\n\r\n<b>Visit </b><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=in_article_link&utm_campaign=homepage\"><b><i>Daily Maverick’s</i></b><b> home page</b></a><b> for more news, analysis and investigations</b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The protest will continue until the municipality is dissolved,” vowed Masiza.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said some businesses supported their call while others wanted to stay open.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“We will deal with those who won’t close their doors. 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"description": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residents of Komani in the Eastern Cape took to the streets on Thursday, bringing the town to a standstill after receiving no response to their demand that the national government dissolve Enoch Mgijima Municipality.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Businesses that tried to stay open were forced to close as hundreds of people went through the town enforcing compliance with the protest.</span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1568363\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1568363\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-16-at-16.34.47.jpeg\" alt=\"komani shutdown protest\" width=\"720\" height=\"406\" /> Komani residents in the Eastern Cape shut down the town, businesses were closed and some called for the mayor to be removed. 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Komani residents in the Eastern Cape shut down the town, businesses were closed and some called for the mayor to be removed. (Photo: Supplied)
Protesters have halted business in Komani during a protest which called for Cabinet to dissolve the troubled Enoch Mgijima Municipality. (Photo: Supplied)
Protesters in Komani on Thursday. (Photo: Supplied)
Protesters in Komani say the Enoch Mgijima Municipality must be dissolved. (Photo: Supplied)