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Members of the ANC burnt party T-shirts outside the Tlokwe local municipality offices in Potchefstroom on Thursday, in protest against the expulsion of 14 councillors.
The ANC claimed that 16 of its councillors participated in an irregular council meeting where they voted for the removal of mayor Maphetle Maphetle.
This was the second attempt to remove him.
In November, ANC factions in the municipality passed a motion of no confidence in Maphetle.
He was replaced by Annette Combrink -- the first Democratic Alliance mayor in the province -- when she defeated ANC candidate Lucky Tsagae by 20 votes to 19.
