The protest conveners are expected to meet with the forum headed by Cooperative Governance Minister Zweli Mkhize on Wednesday.
Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba is also part of that forum despite being booed by members of the community during a meeting in Marlboro this week.“We still believe in our judicial system, our Chapter Nine institutions and we even believe that government will be able to fix the mistakes that have happened and rectify what has happened to us.”
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