There have been protests in Alexandra over the past two weeks, with demonstrations in and around Tshwane and in Somerset West on Thursday morning.
JOHANNESBURG - A group monitoring municipalities, the Municipal IQ, has warned of a spike in service delivery protests across the country before the elections.WATCH: Alex total shutdown: Residents fed up with illegal structuresThe Municipal IQ economist, Karen Heesen, said that as anticipated, the protests will increase until the election in May.
She says between 2004 and 2018, Gauteng tended to be the centre of service delivery protests on average accounting for 24% of demonstrations. However, last year was different, with the Eastern Cape far outstripping Gauteng followed by the Western Cape.
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