UPDATE: Mashaba wants to join Ramaphosa in visiting Alex on Thursday

Johannesburg executive mayor Herman Mashaba says he has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa asking to join him on his planned visit to Alexandra township this Thursday. Residents have been protesting a lack of service delivery and the mushrooming of informal settlements in the area since last week Wednesday.Mashaba now says he also wants to join Ramaphosa as part of an “inter-governmental dialogue,” adding that he believes the housing problem in Alex is also taking place on a national scale.

Leaders of the protest have made it clear they want Johannesburg executive mayor Herman Mashaba to hear their grievances, vowing to take the protest to Sandton on Monday morning if he didn’t pitch up. “This arrangement was planned way in advance. Can you imagine if I failed to show up here what would really happen?” Mashaba said.

“Are the residents of Vlakfontein not important as well? Must I ignore one problem to attend to another and have the whole city burning? I have got people in Sandton, I had to ask the city manager to accept the memorandum on my behalf, so we are not taking the situation for granted,” he said.

Makaziyele lomfo, akwenziwa nwele ngoku kuyakhokhelwa. He must go on his own, leadership of the people is not production of hair products, it is serious business. He must face up. He promised, he must deliver!!!

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