They have accused the city of withholding vacancies after Morero made a public suggestion of recruiting foreign nationals as Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department officers to break the language barrier and curb criminality.
JOHANNESBURG – At least 200 unemployed Soweto residents have dispelled accusations of xenophobia, after marching to Mayor Dada Morero’s offices over his proposal to hire foreign nationals as police officers.
Dozens of residents marched to the Johannesburg CBD on Wednesday, with their CVs in hand to demand jobs from the mayor's office. Morero has since retracted his statement and apologised, but the residents say it’s a little too late. Chanting, singing and even crying – the unemployed South Africans decried the Joburg metro’s statements.Armed with their CV’s and hope, the residents placed their documents into three very large boxes in front of the mayor’s office.
Although Mayor Morero was unavailable to physically receive the CV's, his chief of staff Tsumbo Nephawe acted in his absence.
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