Free State Premier Mxolisi Dukwana’s official residence has been engulfed by a fireplace.
- A blaze has engulfed the official residence of Free State Premier Mxolisi Dukwana.
- Dukwana was elected to the place barely a month in the past.
- The reason for the fireplace remains to be unknown.
Free State Premier Mxolisi Dukwana’s official residence in Bloemfontein has been engulfed by a fireplace.
Confirming the incident, the premier’s spokesperson Sello Dithebe instructed News24: “I’m right here on the residence, and a fireplace has engulfed the property.”
He added that firefighters and different emergency companies personnel had been on the scene.
The reason for the fireplace remains to be unknown.
Free State police spokesperson, Brigadier Motantsi Makhele, refused to remark, saying investigations had been underneath means.
In accordance with Dithebe, there appeared to have been no accidents or casualties as a result of blaze.
From the video of the stays of the home shared by Dukwana’s employees with News24, the massive property suffered intensive injury, with the roof virtually utterly destroyed.
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Smoke might nonetheless be seen billowing out from the stays of the house, with quite a few firefighters nonetheless on the scene.
Dukwana was formally sworn in because the province’s new premier simply final month, after the previous Cooperative Governance and Conventional Affairs MEC defeated the DA’s Roy Jankielsohn.
This got here after Sisi Ntombela was pressured out as premier by her social gathering, which cited her failure to show across the fortunes of the province’s ailing municipalities throughout her tenure.
Dukwana’s rise to the highest got here virtually 11 years after he was dismissed from then-premier Ace Magashule’s cupboard.
His journey to the highest began when he was tasked with the duties of rebuilding the ANC within the province, after being appointed because the interim provincial committee (IPC) convenor in 2018.
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The choice to nominate him got here after the Supreme Courtroom of Attraction in Bloemfontein declared the provincial convention of the ANC in 2018 illegal and unconstitutional.
The convention elected former secretary-general Magashule’s allies: Sam Mashinini as chairperson; William Bulwane as deputy chairperson; Ntombela as treasurer; and Paseka Nompondo as provincial secretary, deputised by Mamiki Qabathe.
In January, Dukwana was elected as Free State ANC chairperson after receiving 346 votes, whereas Ntombela acquired 303.
It was a clear sweep for the Dukwana slate after his allies took the remainder of the highest 5 positions.
Barely a month after being on the helm of each the ANC within the province and the provincial authorities, Dukwana reshuffled his cupboard and fired three MECs.
