Mangaliso Matika

By-elections voting is underway in the seven (7) Galeshewe wards of the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has confirmed to NCNN.LIVE that no hiccups were experienced with all voting stations having opened on time this morning and that Galeshewe will be shielded from today’s two hour load shedding schedule.…

Patrick Mabilo has ultimately been voted in as Sol Plaatje’s executive mayor and will be the key figure of the ANC’s canvassing team in next year’s February 13 by-elections that will unfold in the party’s support base of Galeshewe which also used to be the hotbed of anti-apartheid activism. The inter-related events that unfolded in the beleaguered…

Northern Cape ANC welcomes resignation of Sol Plaatje Municipality's executive mayor Mangaliso Matika. Provincial Executive Committee is to sit this Thursday and will be furnished with three names of possible replacements for Matika. "It is important not to appear as arrogant," replied Matika to questions on his resignation. He is to thank…

ANC Sol Plaatje Branches have resolved to uphold its chairperson and Sol Plaatje Municipality executive mayor Mangaliso Matika's stay in office. An inter-branch meeting held at the Social Centre in Galeshewe amid a heavy police presence, resolved that more space should be given for investigations to unfold and that proper reasons be given for…

The ANC in the Northern Cape has called on the Sol Plaatje Municipality to suspend its municipal manager Goolam Akharwaray and chief financial officer Lydia Mahloko. The move follows Kimberley being gripped by its worst scenes of public violence that resulted in 193 people being arrested on charges ranging from public violence, business robbery and…

Kimberley 02/07/2018- Representatives of the Sol Plaatje Community are threatening a state of shutdown in  Kimberley should the Executive Mayor of Sol Plaatje Municipality Mangaliso Matika fail to dismiss the Municipal Manager  Goolam Akharwaray and Chief Financial Officer Lydia Mahloko. Thousands of Kimberley residents participated in a march…