WATCH | Angry residents 'shut down' Alexandra over lack of service delivery

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WATCH | Angry residents 'shut down' Alexandra over lack of service delivery.

Protesters in the #AlexTotalShutdown campaign blocked roads with rocks and burning tyres. They also barricaded access to the Marlboro Gautrain station."It is all about service delivery. The municipality does not attend to our problems," said Thandiwe Mthombeni, one of the organisers of the protests.

"We’ve been logging calls to the municipality regarding illegal structures in our neighbourhood and nothing has happened. We've called the police and officials to help stop people from building anywhere they like - but nobody heard our cry." Around noon, the protesters refused to meet Michael Sun, the Johannesburg mayoral committee member responsible for public safety.

 

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