Alexandra timeline: From the shutdown to Herman Mashaba's address post-demolitions

Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba promised houses to residents of Alexandra township after the demolitions.Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba met with the community of Alexandra on Monday, following a demolition of houses by the Red Ants on Friday.

The community resorted to weeks of protest action pre-elections, lamenting a lack of service delivery and corruption. The ANC and DA were at loggerheads for weeks amid the protests, with each blaming the other for the appalling state of the township.The plight of Alexandra residents dominated social media platforms as the community took to the streets to protest the lack of service delivery, alleged illegal allocation of RDP houses to foreigners, as well as mushrooming illegal structures, including shacks. Hundreds of people rallied together and used the #AlexTotalShutdown to engage political leaders.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

This is such a Our_DA EFF propaganda article. No reference to the SAPS getting instructions from CityofJoburgZA; ignoring EFFSouthAfrica involvement in the demolition mishap; ignoring that the land is City owed; disregarding the City obtained court order for the forced removal

This poor guy is so compromised it's sad...

He must build those people houses and not rebuild shacks again

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