Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba received a hostile reception in Alexandra and was booed by the residents who also tore up copies of a plan he was meant to present.
JOHANNESBURG - The Alexandra Total Shutdown Movement says that Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba made a blunder by criticising residents on social media and claiming that they were drunk.
He received a hostile reception and was booed by the residents, who also tore up copies of a plan he was meant to present. Alexandra protest convenor Sandile Mavundla said that the mayor was supposed to apologise first before he started addressing them.
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