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Around the 17th of July 1990 Galeshewe township was rocked by student protest and police action.  A main reason for the protest was the cutting off of electricity and water.
 The Diamond Fields Advertiser of 18th July 1990 reports the following incidents
 Violence ensued particularly on Old Barkly Road in Galeshewe.  Three vehicles were stoned on Old Barkly Road, three others were burned at Tlhomelang Secondary School.  At Thabane Secondary School singing and chanting students were dispersed with tear gas.  Later during the day police used tear gas, baton charged and bird shot, several students were admitted to Kimberley Hospital and Dr M Matlaopane's surgery - three people were arrested.  The newspaper does not mention any deaths resulting from the violence.
 On Monday students marched to municipal offices to hand a memorandum to the Town Clerk Mr JJ van Rensburg.  They occupied the building for 20 minutes, they were dispersed after the police fired tear gas.  Some students burned and partly ransacked the Municipality offices in Phajane and in Vergenoeg were also damaged.  On the same day another group gathered at the Bantu Hall and were dispersed with tear gas.  Near Phatsimang College of Education police used tear gas and bird shot, apparently after their vehicles were stoned.  Several roads in the township were barricaded.  One 16-year old youth was arrested, after allegedly injuring a policeman.
 Apparently Dr Matlaopane regularly treated victims of violence.