Cries for better services by thousands of jobless young people within the Amahlathi Municipality in the Eastern Cape have finally been heard. The municipality has been placed under provincial administration following months of violent protests which led to the torching of municipal buildings and a clinic. Officials within the municipality are accused of providing jobs in exchange of sexual favours, nepotism, fraud and corruption. The municipality, based in Stutterheim is situated along the N6 connecting East London and Johannesburg.