JOHANNESBURG – In yet another service delivery protest, Alexandra township residents have taken to the streets about a lack of housing.
They are accusing the government of being “fat cats” who are “neglecting the poor who put them into power”.
Alexandra Vukuzenzele Crisis Committee organiser Ntombenhle Phoswa told The Citizen: “We want houses that the ANC promised us in 1994.”
She said local councillors were failing to address their concerns.
She said it was common knowledge in the township that councillors were accepting kickbacks of at least R500 to fast-track some people’s applications.
The angry residents have decided to move into houses under construction in Extension 7.
They vowed they would not vacate the houses until Johannesburg mayor Amos Masondo or Gauteng Housing MEC Nomvula Mokonyane dealt with their grievances.
Yesterday the police were dispatched to listen to the mob’s grievances. The protesters were unmoved despite claims councillors were threatening them with force to disperse them. Phoswa said the “black government was abusing them”, and she wished for the return of “white government”.
A councillor who spoke to The Citizen said the residents’ demands were unreasonable. - The Citizen
They are accusing the government of being “fat cats” who are “neglecting the poor who put them into power”.
Alexandra Vukuzenzele Crisis Committee organiser Ntombenhle Phoswa told The Citizen: “We want houses that the ANC promised us in 1994.”
“We don’t have RDP houses and people who live in shacks are dying because of fires.”
She said local councillors were failing to address their concerns.
She said it was common knowledge in the township that councillors were accepting kickbacks of at least R500 to fast-track some people’s applications.
The angry residents have decided to move into houses under construction in Extension 7.
They vowed they would not vacate the houses until Johannesburg mayor Amos Masondo or Gauteng Housing MEC Nomvula Mokonyane dealt with their grievances.
Yesterday the police were dispatched to listen to the mob’s grievances. The protesters were unmoved despite claims councillors were threatening them with force to disperse them. Phoswa said the “black government was abusing them”, and she wished for the return of “white government”.
A councillor who spoke to The Citizen said the residents’ demands were unreasonable. - The Citizen
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