The inconvenient truth about Alexandra | by HermanMashaba
In listening to the news, one could be forgiven for believing that the entire community of Alexandra had marched that day to Sandton. This never happened, writesThe people of Alexandra have many deep-rooted, long-standing and very legitimate grievances about their living environment. There can be no question about this.
What became very clear, very quickly, is that this was not a community protest. It was a political protest, led by the ANC and those profiting from the failed Alexandra Renewal Project . In listening to the news, one could be forgiven for believing that the entire community of Alexandra had marched that day to Sandton. Thousands of people, Alexandra marching in unity. When I saw the photographs I could not believe my eyes. 100 people, a good percentage of whom where ANC councillors in Johannesburg was about the sum of it.
It is for this reason that I opted for a scheduled IDP session to engage the people of Alexandra. I did this because government must respond to service delivery issues with plans, deliverables, timelines and budgets, not more impressively vague promises.
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