WATCH: Mashaba's meeting with Alexandra residents cancelled
Mayor Herman Mashaba and COJ officials were set to finally meet with residents following days of protest over mushrooming shacks and poor service delivery.
Mashaba came under fire for the delay in meeting residents after the protests flared up, with residents eventually refusing to meet with him and instead demanding a meeting President Cyril Ramaphosa and Gauteng Premier David Makhura. Monday's meeting was scheduled to take place at the Marlboro Community Hall at 6pm as part of the scheduled Integrated Development Plan for Alexandra and region E but got off to a rocky start as residents refused to be addressed by officials.
The chaos continued for several minutes and eventually resulted in the cancellation of the meeting without Mashaba addressing residents. Mashaba and officials addressed the media following the cancellation and lamented the disruption of the meeting. There are disruptions at the #JoburgIDP19 in Marlboro at the Community Centre by a group of protestors, but @JoburgMPD & @SAPoliceService are still present monitoring the situation@HermanMashaba @MichaelSun168 @CityofJoburgZA @CoJPublicSafety pic.twitter.com/SbwCOsHCzy
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