More than 1‚000 residents of the Olievenhoutbosch township in Centurion took to the streets early on Monday morning as part of a march against what they call corruption and a lack of service delivery in the area.
Solomon Thabatha‚ who said he was a local leader‚ told Times Live the community’s anger centred around the allocation of RDP housing.
A woman was photographed carrying a sign that read “Stop Selling our Houses”.
According to the resident‚ some people were still waiting for housing after first being signed up to a waiting list in 1996‚ while others have been given homes by allegedly paying officials to skip the queue.
A short while ago‚ police asked the marchers to extinguish burning tyres blocking the R55‚ saying it was damaging the road surface.
The marchers obliged. However‚ the road remains blocked with a variety of barricades under the watchful eyes of a large police presence.
The marchers are awaiting the arrival of a provincial government official to receive their memorandum.
Meanwhile‚ the section of the R55 running past Olievenhoutbosch remains closed to traffic.
Olievenhoutbosch residents march against corruption
More than 1‚000 residents of the Olievenhoutbosch township in Centurion took to the streets early on Monday morning as part of a march against what they call corruption and a lack of service delivery in the area.
Solomon Thabatha‚ who said he was a local leader‚ told Times Live the community’s anger centred around the allocation of RDP housing.
A woman was photographed carrying a sign that read “Stop Selling our Houses”.
According to the resident‚ some people were still waiting for housing after first being signed up to a waiting list in 1996‚ while others have been given homes by allegedly paying officials to skip the queue.
A short while ago‚ police asked the marchers to extinguish burning tyres blocking the R55‚ saying it was damaging the road surface.
The marchers obliged. However‚ the road remains blocked with a variety of barricades under the watchful eyes of a large police presence.
The marchers are awaiting the arrival of a provincial government official to receive their memorandum.
Meanwhile‚ the section of the R55 running past Olievenhoutbosch remains closed to traffic.
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