{"id":80046,"date":"2018-04-09T15:27:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T13:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=80046"},"modified":"2018-04-10T14:31:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T12:31:22","slug":"video-council-sitting-erupted-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/04\/09\/video-council-sitting-erupted-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Council sitting erupted in Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even before the sitting commenced, singing and dancing infront of the gallery indicated that councillors would be in for a rough ride.<\/p>\n<p>People waving placards reading \u201cThanks for new leadership Mr Tolo\u201d and \u201cMore corruption\u201d among other slogans, were also raised.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/20IZcjhwQHE' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h4>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/54926\/eff-causes-stir-during-council-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\">EFF causews stir during council inauguration<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The issue of land exproriation without compensation had the public divided when the DA&#8217;s Palesa Mobango accused the ANC government of sitting on land, but not giving it to the needy.<\/p>\n<p>Her accusation came in response to Mayoral Committee Member Ms Sonto Malepeng&#8217;s call for \u201cwhites to give the land back\u201d.<\/p>\n<h4>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/8367\/council-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\">This council is a \u201cjoke\u201d<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Ms Mobango grilled the ANC, to loud applause of the gallery, on the party&#8217;s first come first served policy in regards to available stands in Middelburg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA man or woman earning R5000 a month cannot be expected to pay R35 000 for a stand in a single month, and now stands have been taken away from those who mostly need them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>But everything went downhill from there with the public chiming in on all council matters until the sitting was over<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Other news:<\/h3>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/80025\/policemen-shocked-vicious-slaying-young-municipal-security-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\">Policemen shocked by vicious slaying of young municipal security guard<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/80012\/weather-for-the-week-52\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weather for the week\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/79989\/mayor-mike-masina-tenders-formal-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Mike Masina tenders formal resignation<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/79893\/singh-loses-bid-avoid-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Singh loses bid to avoid investigation<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/79787\/ll-programme-middelburg-malls-first-ever-family-fun-carnival-something-everyone-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full programme of Middelburg Mall\u2019s Family Fun Carnival<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/79742\/lunch-time-eat-right\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lunch time: How to eat right<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0Want breaking news on the go?<\/h4>\n<p>Add us on WhatsApp for regular news updates. Save the Middelburg Observer standby number 072 248 3855 on your phone and send a WhatsApp message with the words \u201cAdd me\u201d to receive news links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ordinary council sitting of the Steve Tshwete Municipality erupted in chaos when the public gallery interrupted the proceedings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":80049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[7743,11120,21966,1107,21990,6087],"class_list":["post-80046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-council","tag-council-meeting","tag-middelburg","tag-middelburg-observer","tag-mpumalanga","tag-steve-thswete-municipality"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["council","council meeting","middelburg","Middelburg Observer","Mpumalanga","steve thswete municipality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}