AlexTotalShutdown | 'If this is such a serious protest about service delivery, wouldn't the residents meet me?'
Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, remained tense at lunchtime on Wednesday, with residents refusing to meet Johannesburg mayoral committee member responsible for public safety, Michael Sun, amid the #AlexTotal shutdown campaign.
Protesters from one of Johannesburg's oldest suburbs protested against a lack of service delivery along various roads earlier today, before gathering at the Marlboro Gautrain station. They barricaded the road leading to the station with rocks and burning tyres, demanding to speak to the director of Johannesburg region E's office.
He was offended that one of the protest leaders said:"I run a spaza department, therefore I am not relevant to address the crowd." "I think that is absolutely unacceptable, because we are here representing the city of Johannesburg," Sun said. "We are to deal with the issues on the ground and that's why I am here. We are here to serve the community and Alexandra has always been our priority."
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