Speaking to hundreds of people gathered in the township on Thursday, Ramaphosa commended the organisers of the #AlexTotalShutdown for raising issues facing the community."I've seen sewage. Human waste is all over the streets here. And we cannot allow it. There was another town in the North West where sewage was running in the streets and finally we had to get the army to go and sort out the sewage," said Ramaphosa.
Residents of Alexandra gathered in their numbers to hear President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday, April 11 2019."I have not yet reached that point where I would like the army to come here. I want to give the municipality a chance to come and sort out the sewage here in Alexandra," he added."I want to give the mayor and the municipality a chance, they must come and do it in the next few days," he said.
There has been protests in the township for the past two weeks as residents complain about service delivery. Protesters demanded that Mashaba address their concerns and he faced criticism when he sent his MMC for public safety, Michael Sun, instead. Mashaba has since said he will be leading an engagement with the people of Alex on April 15. The mayor said that the meeting would allow him and the community to engage on budgets and service delivery.Ramaphosa said he saw the filth"with my own eyes" and that he wanted the DA-led municipality to sort it out.
Our president is now a comedian😑 You are the PRESIDENT, these are the PEOPLE of SA, come on🙄 This acting out is based on the direction you steered! My People, help me in supporting PatriciaDeLille bring in a GOOD government, vote GOOD! ForGoodZA GOOD🙌🏻‼️
This anc lives in a parallel universe 23 years of looting and President issues instructions to opposition incumbent mayor, while he zoots off to a 5 star dinner
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