The Joburg mayor remains determined to go to Alexandra.
Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has made it clear that nothing will stop him from meeting with Alexandra locals to discuss grievances on Monday afternoon following ongoing protests in the township.
The mayor was warned by locals not to come to the township to table his IDP plan for Alex and region E, which is due at the Marlboro Community Hall at 6pm. if those laws are still applicable 25 years into our Democracy. I have been assured that it would be against our Constitution to prevent meAlex residents have been protesting for more than a week against mushrooming shacks and service delivery. President Cyril Ramaphosa went to the township on Thursday to campaign for the ANC.
“Even if locals were ANC members, it was important as a mayor to come to hear grievances. But because I respect him because he holds an important position in council, I politely request that he must find the time to come to Alex and engage with locals.”
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