Simmering tensions between the government and the Modjadji Royal Council took another turn as the latter has successfully interdicted the Limpopo government from closing its tribal offices.
On Tuesday, the high court in Pretoria interdicted and restrained Limpopo premier Phophi Ramathuba and cooperative governance, human settlement, and traditional affairs Coghsta MEC Basikopo Makamu from closing the Modjadji Traditional Council offices, pending the finalisation of the proceedings on the normal court roll.
This comes after former regent, Prince Mpapatla Modjadji, approached the high court on an urgent basis for an order against the Limpopo government, which he said, among other things, refused to appoint a senior traditional leader for the Modjadji traditional community and further determined to close the tribal offices in Khethlakoni headkraal outside Modjadjiskloof.