‘We get treated as foreigners in our country’: Westbury residents take to streets | News24

Residents in Westbury, Johannesburg, staged a protest in the suburb on Monday morning, voicing their concerns about the lack of employment opportunities for coloured people in local government and businesses. | iavanpijoos

) have employment rates of between 44 and 46%, according to Wazimap, which draws on Statistics South Africa census data.

"Our kids are already not working, with that bill being signed into law, that tells us that our children are going to fall by the wayside. Westbury pastor Leeann Pullenbash said there was no time or opportunity for public participation before the Bill was signed into law.

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