SAElections2019 We won't vote, unless mayor addresses us - Ezakheleni residents | GroundUp_News
2019-05-07 09:41
Residents of Ezakhelenni informal settlement in Umlazi, south of Durban, say they won't vote on Wednesday unless eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede comes to address them, reportsThe residents brought the township to a standstill in a protest on Monday morning, complaining that they had been neglected by the local leadership that they voted into power in August 2016.
Another resident, Thokozani Khoza, yelled that even the current ward councillor, Zipho Mathe, did not serve them.
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