Community leaders and activists described a hopeless battle for basic services such as electricity and ablution facilities.
last year, community leaders and activists described a hopeless battle for basic services such as electricity and ablution facilities.
Men hold up EFF flags outside the memorial service for the Nomzamo Park tavern massacre victims, hosted by the ANC. “Nothing has changed in Nomzamo. Even if you went away for a decade, you are guaranteed to easily find your way back here because you can be sure there will be no improvement.”A paramedic on standby at the Nomzamo Park tavern massacre memorial service on 14 July 2022.
On Thursday, the community of Nomzamo gathered at a moving memorial service for the 16 people shot dead, in a tent not far from the tavern where the mass shooting occurred. One of the grieving families had earlier performed a ritual near the tavern to take home the spirit of the deceased for burial in KwaZulu-Natal.
President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the area after a dispute which stemmed from the irregular distribution of electricity. Within 20 days of Ramaphosa and Gauteng Premier David Makhura’s visit, Eskom restored some transformers that had been shut down about three years ago due to the dispute.
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