Organisers of AlexTotalShutdown temporarily called off the strike in Alexendra, north of Johannesburg, on Thursday morning.
Disgruntled community members took to the streets on Wednesday to voice their frustrations about illegal connections to municipal infrastructure, an increase in crime, drugs and the mushrooming of illegal dwellings.
Residents also refused to be addressed by Johannesburg mayoral committee member responsible for public safety Michael Sun.Mashaba's spokesperson, Luyanda Mfeka, told TimesLIVE on Thursday that they had extended an invitation"As of this morning we haven't received any correspondence from them. We remain open to have that engagement and it is really up to the leadership of that protest to let us know if they are willing to have that," he said.
Johannesburg Metro Police Department spokesperson Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said there were no reports of protest action in the area.yesterday [Wednesday], so the cars are making their way around this obstruction.
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