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The North West provincial legislature became a battleground on Friday, with some members questioning whether Premier Job Mokgoro had the power to deliver the State of the Province Address (SOPA). via SABCNewsOnline

The rest of the EFF members and Democratic Alliance members walked out.

It started out as a standard SOPA with ceremonial frills, but proceedings soon degenerated with MPLs arguing theTensions escalated when the two EFF MPLs were dismissed from the house. This led to an altercation with security. “The Department of Public Works and Roads has 13 new capital construction projects worth R900 million that are being implemented. We have been lobbying for an increase in the allocation for the road construction from the national fiscus.”

“Investigations including the Special Investigating Unit into scholar transport contracts have revealed criminality, including the inflation of kilometres written into service level agreements, pointing to systematic collusion between officials and contractors to defraud government.”

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You guys busy fighting about power and we become victims of your battles. The tunnel is getting narrow every day gents, better get emergency lights!

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