ANC ‘orchestrated AlexandraTotalShutdown to win votes’
Protesters in Alexandra in Johannesburg shut down the township over lack of service delivery, 3 April 2019. Picture: Tracy Lee Stark
Organisers of the #AlexTotalShutdown protest, which started early yesterday morning, have been accused of using legitimate community grievances to fight political battles and campaign ahead of the elections. The ill-treatment and verbal abuse of the member of the mayoral committee for public safety Michael Sun, who went to Alexandra to collect a memorandum on behalf of Mashaba, was proof, he said.
“There is nothing surprising here. We have seen this many times before, where communities become susceptible to political influence, which normally ends up in service delivery protests and strikes,” said Silke.
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