Nothing is moving in or out at Dundonald in the Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality as the community protest in demand of a shopping mall in the area today.
Learners and workers in the area were left stranded as they could not go to school or their work places as roads are closed with burning tyres and debris.
“Billboards for this development were displayed and we were even showed the site where the mall will be constructed by our municipality, but there is still no sign for that development. We don’t even have a shopping complex, we have to travel over long distances to either shop in Ermelo or Elukwatini. Christmas holidays are even a nightmare with one having to stand in long queues in those areas and even being hijacked or robbed on our way back,” they said.
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The community also demand delivery of clean water service in the area.
“We sometimes go weeks without any water running from the tapes.”
They added that they also want the municipality to pave and maintain roads to the local cemeteries.
Police are monitoring the situation.
