2 people arrested in Alexandra protest

ALEXANDRA - Two people have been arrested in Alexandra on Wednesday as protests over service delivery continue.

The so-called Alex Shutdown Group is leading the demonstration and says it's frustrated by the deteriorating state of the township and the mushrooming of illegal housing in the area.— EWN Reporter April 3, 2019 #AlexTotalShutDown More protests and fires. A thick cloud of smoke covers the township. pic.twitter.com/lfAYAgTs1D#AlexTotalShutdown Two people have been arrested in Alexandra. Authorities believe they are the organizers of the protets.

— EWN Reporter April 3, 2019 The JMPD's Wayne Minnaar has urged motorists to avoid the area: “Two protestors have been arrested in Alexandra. They are believed to be ring leaders of the situation. Officers are monitoring most of the main roads.” Residents say they are angry and hope that Wednesday’s shutdown of Alexandra will serve as a wake-up call to government.“They forgot about us. It’s like a dead place and everything needs to be fixed, like everything.”More tyres have been brought in and residents say they will not to back down until they get answers from the City of Joburg.

Yeah right.... they should be home for dinner ... !!!

For what? The only way our government officials listen is when people start looting and messing with the infrastructure. If it was a peaceful strike like one's Our_DA normally go on no one would've gotten the attention. AlexTotalShutdown

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