WATCH: Alex councillor threatens HermanMashaba if he doesn’t show face
As the Alexander residents’ protest for service delivery continues into its second week, battle lines have been drawn in a quest to drive a point across to Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba. Residents have marched to the Johannesburg regional offices in Sandton to hand over a memorandum stating most of their grievances to the city manager.
Marema spoke to The Citizen’s Tracy Stark, highlighting that a council forum scheduled for Monday, which would have tabled important issues, was cancelled. He went on to accuse Mashaba of only being present on social media but being unavailable when requested by locals. Issues related to disgruntled protesters were already known by the mayor, who apparently was too busy to address their issues, Marema said.
Adolf Marema, ward councillor of 116 in Alexandra speaks on what residents will do should Mashaba not address their issues.He tabled a few contingency measures that residents had in place should Mashaba not take locals seriously. “We are fighting for JMPD, who are unable to enforce bylaws in Alex. We are fighting for these land invasions, the encroachment because they steal from the services that our people want. These must be addressed.”
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