It has been a week of protests in the area with leaders of the Alexandra shutdown committee calling on politicians to visit the township.
JOHANNESBURG - The South African Human Rights Commission has launched its own investigation into the living conditions in Alexandra township.
It has been a week of protests in the area, with leaders of the Alexandra shutdown committee calling on politicians to visit the township.On Tuesday, the commission's provincial manager Buang Jones was barred from being part of a closed meeting between the shutdown committee and Gauteng Premier David Makhura.
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