IDP meeting in Marlboro (15 April) is disrupted with chants and jeers from many attendees claiming that not enough has been done in Alexandra.
Mayor Herman Mashaba tried to deliver the annual IDP tonight in Marlboro. He addressed community members of Alexandra who protested for nearly a week
“Unlike the past, I will not be involved in an exercise of lying to the people of Alexandra or anywhere else in Johannesburg for this matter. It is for this reason that my engagement with the people of Alexandra will take place during the scheduled IDP Public Consultation session on Monday 15 April,” said Mashaba on 5 April.
The meeting was filled with attendees interested in the information while others tore up IDP notes from the meeting.
Speaker of council Vasco da Gama canceled the meeting at around 7.15pm.
The speaker returned briefly to say that the IDP meeting has officially been cancelled #Alexandra #AlexShutdown #IDPmeeting @Sandton_News pic.twitter.com/vwSJZWc11K
— Laura Pisanello (@LauraPisanello) April 15, 2019
Sandton Chronicle journalist Laura Pisanello was present at the meeting and kept readers updated on Twitter:
There are far more people at the meeting compared to last year's. Some community members sing and dance outside calling for Mashaba to I source Jozi @ Work #AlexTotalShutdown @Sandton_News #RegionEIDP pic.twitter.com/7tvbajl4yZ
— Laura Pisanello (@LauraPisanello) April 15, 2019
#AlexTotalShutdown #RegionEIDP @Sandton_News pic.twitter.com/o5B1n0EK5Q
— Laura Pisanello (@LauraPisanello) April 15, 2019
There will be some massive developments in Region E over the next couple of years according to the IDP. The biggest project which will take place over this financial year is the Paterson Park upgrade to the tune of nearly R76 million #AlexTotalShutdown @Sandton_News
— Laura Pisanello (@LauraPisanello) April 15, 2019
Mayor Mashaba enters the hall- there is both excited cheering and booing as he sits down. MMC for community safety Michael Sun and MMC for Environmental Services Nico de Jager are also here #AlexTotalShutdown @Sandton_News pic.twitter.com/sXzNC0ZGDh
— Laura Pisanello (@LauraPisanello) April 15, 2019
Da Gama asks people to respect the meeting and wants to receive the memorandum from Protesters. Some metro police officers are blocking people from getting to the stage #AlexTotalShutdown #Alexandra @Sandton_News
— Laura Pisanello (@LauraPisanello) April 15, 2019
This man, who appears to have a memorandum demanding Jozi @ Work staff be in sourced wants to read the memorandum but other people protest #Alexandra #AlexTotalShutdown @Sandton_News pic.twitter.com/U5ZGqtSII3
— Laura Pisanello (@LauraPisanello) April 15, 2019
Many people are tearing up the IDP notes that show the issues Mashaba will be addressing as well as the budget #Alexandra #AlexShutdown #IDPmeeting @Sandton_News
— Laura Pisanello (@LauraPisanello) April 15, 2019
City officials are now leaving the meeting. Protestors tell them to go and boo as they leave the stage #Alexandra #AlexShutdown #IDPmeeting @Sandton_News pic.twitter.com/SYRmcTdWky
— Laura Pisanello (@LauraPisanello) April 15, 2019
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Alexandra residents protest on the N3 North at the Marlboro off-ramp
