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FF Plus is about to put a complaint in at the Human Rights Commission (HRC) after large parts of ANC-controlled Bethal, Mpumalanga’s taps have already been dry for 26 consecutive days.

The problems of the Govan Mbeki local municipality apparently arose just a month after the ANC took over the municipality after the local by-election held on October 9. FF Plus councillor, Deon De Vries said that the FF Plus only needed votes after the DA ward councillor resigned. The FF Plus’ support grew from 4.31% to 35.4% but was still just too low to secure a victory. De Vries says the cause of this water shortage is unknown.

But, according to some sources, the bulk water supplier, Rand Water, has not installed enough pumps to supply enough water to the town, while there is also the possibility that Rand Water has imposed water restrictions due to overdue water debt of R272 million from the Govan Mbeki municipality.

Meanwhile, all residents of Bethal and the Govan Mbeki Mun
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A complaint filed at the Office of the Public Protector sheds some light on the fierce power struggle in the ranks of the ANC and its government.

The complainant who prefers to remain anonymous claims that Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is playing a chess game to get the deputy president removed from office to take office herself.

The Office of the Public Protector declined to comment on the complaint, strengthening the suspicion that such a complaint was received by Busisiwe Mkhwebane.

According to reports, Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is appointing loyal supporters in her department with the intention of pushing David Mabuza out of office as vice president and then taking the seat herself.

The move suggests that it puts her in a strong position to succeed Ramaphosa, especially if Mabuza’s influence is illuminated and the ANC president will receive much less support without his deputy’s influence.

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