Strike – Tembisa wants Gungubele gone
More than 4 000 angry members of the Tembisa Concerned Residents group are calling for the resignation of the executive mayor of Ekurhuleni, Clr Mondli Gungubele, with immediate effect.
They are accusing the mayor of failing to provide much-needed services to residents.
Clad in red colours and chanting freedom songs, the group marched from Tsenelong, Winnie Mandela and the surrounding areas to the Rabasotho municipal offices, where they handed over a memorandum to municipal officials.
Members from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) and the SAPS, escorted residents from the start of the march until the end.
When reading the memorandum, a representative from the Tembisa Concerned Residents group said they are giving the premier of Gauteng, David Makhura, 14 days to respond to their grievances, failure of which they will increase the pressure on the municipality until their demands are met.
“We demand the mayor of Ekurhuleni, Clr Gungubele, the MMC for Roads and Transport in Ekurhuleni, Clr Thumbu Mahlangu, Clr Dudu Mahlangu, Clr J Mkhananazi and Clr Aubrey Mokgotsi, resign with immediate effect.
“Clr Mahlangu brought the BRT to Tembisa without consulting with the masses. Taxi drivers who happen to be our brothers and members of the community are going to loose their jobs because of the BRT system and we will never allow that,” he said, to thunderous applause from the crowd.
He added that many areas in Tembisa are named after people who do not belong to this country.
“We are going to make it a point that our people benefit from the resources of this land, and the government should understand that time for change has come. Residents in Tembisa will make sure that things change.
“We also demand RDP houses be given to people without looking at political affiliation as we are all members of this community,” he said.
@TheTembisan
