An inter-ministerial committee has been established to attend to the issues raised by protesting Alexandra residents during ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa's visit to the area.
The committee will include ministers of cooperative governance and traditional affairs, human settlements, water and sanitation, environmental affairs, home affairs, police, rural development and land reform.
There have been disruptive protests in the township for the past two weeks as residents complain about service delivery. Ramaphosa visited the Johannesburg area last Thursday. "I've seen sewage. Human waste is all over the streets here. And we cannot allow it. There was another town in the North West where sewage was running in the streets and finally we had to get the army to go and sort out the sewage," Ramaphosa said during his visit.• Unresolved land issues and the release of title deeds.
• A proliferation of illegal shacks and other structures in contravention of bylaws and the failure to enforce those bylaws.• The lack of refuse removal and illegal dumping of litter. • The need for economic upliftment and investment, promotion of income generation and eradication of poverty, unemployment and inequality.
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