Traffic is heavily congested in areas in and around Westbury, Westdene and Sophiatown in Johannesburg due to protest action.
In a widely shared WhatsApp message, protesters committed to a peaceful protest to the doors of many local businesses, asking that they prioritise employing young coloured people.
“As the masses come we deploy teams of people/delegations to go to businesses to serve them with strongly worded letters pertaining to our coloured people, especially our youth, not being employed and given opportunities from 99% of them and yet we are living the closest, and we are their economic lifelines. We have received names of businesses from people on the chat groups and clinics,” reads the message.
“The contents of letters and the memorandum will be read out to everyone on the morning of the march at the assembly point, which will include timelines and demanding their responses. “A strong message from the organisers to those who will be taking part is that no violence will be allowed, and there will also be no burning of tyres, stoning of cars or damaging any property.”
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