Protesters in Alexandra township in Johannesburg shut down the township over lack of service delivery, 3 April 2019. Roads were barricaded and blocked with burning tyres, as hundreds marched demanding better basic services. Picture: Tracy Lee Stark
Mashaba will elaborate at a press conference at the Johannesburg Metro Centre in Braamfontein, which will take place from 10:30am on Tuesday. It is likely the alleged war Mashaba believes is being waged against the City is connected to the ongoing shutdown of Alexandra township.The DA in Gauteng have called the shutdown a “a coordinated ploy by Luthuli House”, and Mashaba himself has said the ANC is “fully behind this protest to try and fool the people of Alexandra”.
“People of Alex [raise] genuine issues [and] instead of meeting them you open a case against the [Gauteng ANC]. Your obsession against the ANC is now on steroids. Your inexperience in running a [government] has caught up with you badly,” Lesufi tweeted.
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