He told an interviewer on 702 he doesn't have time to visit the township.
FILE IMAGE: Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba speaks at the Field Band Foundation's 20th birthday on 26 October 2017. Image: Field Band Foundation websiteJohannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba was confronted on radio regarding the shutdown of Alexandra township which has seen residents taking to the streets to protest what they describe as insufficient service delivery and the mushrooming of informal settlements in the area.
On Power FM, he accused the ANC of being “fully behind” the protests in Alex and also said the growing amount of foreign nationals in the township was a contributing factor. In a previous interview on radio 702, when faced with the fact that protesters have made it clear they want Mashaba to hear the community’s grievances and travel to Alex to meet them, Mashaba reportedly said he is running a city of 5 million residents and is therefore too busy to go to Alex.“The protest that is underway right now is driven by the ANC. They are fully behind this protest to try and fool the people of Alexandra,” he said.
Mashaba also added that he thought the growing concentration of foreign nationals has contributed to the housing backlog in Alexandra.These accusations have resulted from comments including him saying that “foreigners‚ whether legal or illegal‚ are not the responsibility of the city” and that his municipality “will only provide accommodation exclusively to South Africans”.
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