On Monday, 3 February, Swellendam’s Freedom Front Plus council speaker Juan van Schalkwyk resigned from the council, leaving the municipality without a speaker and again, a mayor. Van Schalkwyk said ...

“I think everything starts when, due to the low rainfall season we’ve had, we are experiencing a lot of problems or challenges with the water,” said Le Roux van der Merwe, a resident of Swellendam.

Residents of Railton in Swellendam fear that protests could erupt yet again as "nothing has changed" since the protests of August and September 2023. That unrest was brought on by high electricity ...

Swellendam Mayor Francois du Rand has claimed that the municipality is under attack by a "campaign of terror forces". It comes amid violent clashes between residents ...

The municipal head office in Swellendam was torched while several other buildings and shops were looted as protesters went on the rampage on Wednesday. All entrances and exits in and around the ...

Protestors torched the municipal head office in Swellendam on Wednesday, while several other buildings and shops were also looted. The Swellendam Municipality, in the Western Cape, said all entrances ...

Informal settlement residents with service delivery complaints, which recently escalated into violent protests in Swellendam, will march on Wednesday to present a memorandum of grievances to mayor ...

Resident also also set a fire truck alight during the protest. Photo: Swellendam Municipality – SWEMun/Facebook A service delivery protest in Swellendam, in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, ...