The MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has condemned in the strongest terms the burning of the Richmond municipal offices last night which also affected a hall in the vicinity of the offices.
It is suspected that arson was behind the torching of the municipal offices which caused damage estimated at millions of rands.
"We are calling on the law enforcement agencies to thouroughly investigate this incident and apprehend the criminals behind it. Harsh actions must be taken against the pepetrators of this unfortunate incident," said MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube.
“Richmond is enjoying a peaceful season and focusing on the business of driving development and growth to communities. It is one of the municipalities that were showered with Kudos by the Auditor-General for posting a clean audit outcome. Burning down municipal properties is nothing but a futile effort to tarnish and otherwise improving image of this municipality.
"We will not rest until the pepetrators of this dastardly dead are brought to book, nor will we succumb to the whims of the backward forces who are hell-bent on subverting the strides of progress the Richmond Municipality is making," Dube-Ncube concluded.
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