There will be a total shutdown of Alexandra on Wednesday
ALEXANDRA -– Ward 105 councillor Tefo Raphadu endorses residents' call for a total shutdown of Alex on Wednesday, 3 April.
Residents of Alexandra in Ward 105 have vowed to bring everything to a standstill in the township on Wednesday, 3 April when they embark on a service delivery #AlexTotalShutdown Campaign.
Sandile Mavundla, a community leader and one of the campaign initiators, said the campaign is aimed at highlighting and raising awareness about the failures of the City of Johannesburg in stopping the mushrooming of illegal structures and lawlessness in the area.
“We as the residents of Alex have decided to embark on a total shutdown tomorrow, the 3rd of April to air and raise our grievances about poor service delivery in the area.
“In February this year, we handed over the memorandum of grievances to the City’s Region E offices in Sandton. We told them that we are sick and tired of lawlessness and mushrooming of illegal structures and shacks in Alex.
“There is poor service delivery in the area and the municipality seems not to be interested in addressing these issues. There will be no schooling, no taxis and everything will be on a standstill until we get the answers from the City.”
Ward 105 councillor Tefo Raphadu confirmed that the residents have informed them as councillors in the area about the planned shutdown. “We are aware of the shutdown by Alexandra residents tomorrow and we do support them in their call for better service delivery.
“We’ve been raising and reporting to the Council about these issues raised by the residents but there’s a lack of will from the City’s side to deal with these issues.”
Alexandra Police Station spokesperson Captain Stephen Malatjie said the police are aware of the campaign and they will be monitoring the situation to ensure that ‘no one is hurt or robbed of his or her rights tomorrow’.
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