Magwala villagers in the Eastern Cape say their roads have not been fixed for 19 years.
Fix our gravel roads or we won’t vote, a resident of Magwala village told Mayor Jongumzi Cengani of Intsika Yethu Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, at a public meeting last week.
The community was demanding answers from the mayor, municipal speaker Khanyisa Mdleleni and ward 15 councillor Albertinah Rotyi. The meeting, held in Mcungco village, went on for almost eight hours.“I was part of the people who stopped the [municipal] trucks [taking gravel away], and told the drivers that every day they must first drop six loads of stones at our village before they can do their daily duty,” said Gagela.
A resident who identified himself only as Xolile said, “What we want now is these roads to be fixed before May. And we are not playing – we are going to close all the voting stations because these schools [used as voting stations] are ours and we will close them if we want,” said Xolile.
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