Charges against 25 people arrested during a protest in Sonderwater were withdrawn in the Potchefstroom Magistrate's Court on Thursday, North West police said.
The group was arrested on Wednesday night for public violence and malicious damage to property, said Captain Pelonomi Makau.
They were part of a larger group of residents in extension 11 that barricaded roads and damaged police vehicles during a protest against alleged corruption at the Tlokwe municipality. Police were called and arrested 25 people around midnight.
The protest continued through Thursday morning, in the presence of police. Makau said the situation calmed after residents met a municipal official.
The African National Congress recently recalled Tlokwe mayor Andrew Maphetle and his counterpart Boitumelo Moloi from the Dr Kenneth Kaunda district municipality, following corruption allegations. - Sapa