AlexShutdown: ‘No chopper can land in Alexandra, there’s no space'
As the two elephants, which are the political parties, fight, the grass - the community of Alexandra - suffers. After much toing and froing, both President Cyril Ramaphosa and Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba finally made it to the historic township north of the city.
It is easy to empathise with those community members who, when they left the stadium after the president’s speech, felt their time had been wasted.The township has run out of space. There are no pavements on the streets.In one small step, a man of normal height is able to straddle both the veranda and the tar road with no great effort.
Several times in the past, shacks on the banks of the Jukskei River, which runs through the township, were demolished and the people relocated.Vasco, the main road leading from the township proper to Tsutsumani, is a river of sewage and has been so for months, the residents complain. The 2001 Alexandra Renewal Project, worth R1.3 billion, that was meant to alleviate the housing backlog in the township is today spoken of only in hushed tones.Thabo Motloung, community liaison officer of the ARP - the Alexandra Renewal Project - admits that property, and its return to its rightful owners, remains a niggling worry.
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