IN TWEETS: Alexandra residents picket outside Marlboro container units
MARLBORO – Alexandra residents are against the City's decision to place them in residential containers.
Some Alexandra residents gathered in Marlboro on 21 April to protest against containers being provided as alternative housing.
The City of Johanesburg has placed the containers next to Marlboro Testing Grounds with the aim to de-densify congested informal settlements in Alexandra and in other parts of the city.
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However, the residents said they wanted proper housing and not containers. They told Alex News that the gathering was also a build-up to the planned #AlexShutDown to be held on 28 April.
The residents of Alexandra are picketing outside the containers that are being installed in Marlboro, the containers are said to be the housing project for the residence of Alexandra
Alex News Journalist, @Buti_Tsholo is reporting live at the protest. pic.twitter.com/08OTriJG6p
— Alex News (@AlexNewsZA) April 21, 2021
@Buti_Tsholo :Duma Khulashe, an organizer for #AlexShutDown said this the total shutdown is about the people of Alexandra addressing the social ills happening in the township.
— Alex News (@AlexNewsZA) April 21, 2021
@Buti_Tsholo : Ayanda Bobotyane a Strike Activist says they deserve flats not containers. He said "Containers will rust in two year and the government will say they built containers for us." pic.twitter.com/0nESoN5A8d
— Alex News (@AlexNewsZA) April 21, 2021
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