Legal marchers seek safety at the Secunda Police Station after death threats

The conveners of a legal march had to seek safety at the Secunda Police Station to hand over their memorandum after they were allegedly threatened that they will be shot by a group of men.

They gathered where the march was going to start in the early hours of Tuesday, 11 June when a group of men were dropped off by a well-known businessman.

They alleged these men were drunk, insulting them and telling them to call off the march because it was not serving the interest of the community.

The conveners believed the people who wanted to disrupt the march were sent by politicians who felt the march was targeting them.

In the memorandum, the marchers demand the recall of the Govan Mbeki Municipal executive mayor, Ms Flora Maboa-Boltman, and Ms Ethel Nkosi, MMC of Community Services.

They called Ms Maboa-Boltman a “non-executive mayor” and accused her of nepotism, factionalism and arrogance.

Read the complete article in the Ridge Times newspaper.

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