Shack dwellers want ANC gone

Words and image: Thamsanqa Mbovane, published originally on www.groundup.org.za

Nelson Mandela Bay’s DA mayor delivered over 300 chemical toilets that are cleaned every second day, a protester tells ANC representatives. “All you want to do is loot,” says another.

About 300 shack dwellers from Area 11 informal settlement in Ward 45, KwaNobuhle in Kariega, burnt tyres, whistled and sang songs while closing busy R334 Rocklands Road recently. Protesters demonstrated against the ousting of Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Retief Odendaal. He was removed late last month through a motion of no confidence by 62 votes by the EFF, supported by the ANC and other small parties. Ready the full story in The Big Issue.

Words and image: Thamsanqa Mbovane, published originally on www.groundup.org.za

Shack dwellers want ANC gone

Nelson Mandela Bay’s DA mayor delivered over 300 chemical toilets that are cleaned every second day, a protester tells ANC representatives. “All you want to do is loot,” says another.

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