This is what Alexandra residents actually want from government

JOHANNESBURG – Over the past two weeks, Alexandra residents embarked on protest action over a number of grievances residents said plagued one of the country’s oldest townships situated north of Johannesburg.

The community's issues are now the focus of investigations by the City of Joburg’s Anti-Corruption Unit and the Auditor-General, who are both looking into the R1.6 billion set aside by national and provincial government for the ARP. The South African Human Rights Commission and Public Protector are also probing the service delivery complaints in the township.

“The nature of these public engagements, particularly the one that was set up yesterday [Monday] was to ensure that we provide all interested parties with an opportunity to engage with not only the executive mayor but the speaker of council and numerous officials in the various departments on how their activities impact on their community,” Mashaba’s spokesperson Luyanda Mfeka told EWN.

“The executive mayor remains open to engagement with residents and community leaders as to how the legitimate grievances of the communities can be addressed, and indeed the mayor has another engagement on 26 April where he has invited various stakeholders from the community itself, national and provincial government, specifically to deal with some of the grievances from the community of Alex,” he said.

But..Were the grievances contained in a memorandum submitted thru the right channels for the duly appointed comrades to interrogate the factual integrity of said.🥴 Can’t we just stick two people in a room, lock the door and tell them to talk to each other, really.

Instead of HermanMashaba responding to them and outline how he will address the issues all he does is blame the ANC!

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