SERVICE DELIVERY PROTESTS
Gauteng housing MEC meets communities to calm tension
Gauteng human settlements MEC Dikgang Uhuru Moiloa met residents on Thursday in a bid to quell a spate of service delivery protests around the province. Residents in Eldorado Park, Ennerdale and Finetown, all in the south of Johannesburg, took to the streets this week in protest against the slow pace of service delivery, particularly the provision of RDP houses. Moiloa on Thursday met different community representatives to calm the tension. The representatives of Eldorado Park initially stormed out of the meeting, telling journalists they were unimpressed by what Moiloa had to say because they had been told the same things in 2017 after protests. Moiloa — flanked by Johannesburg member of the mayoral committee for housing Mzobanzi Ntuli — said the government took responsibility for not communicating effectively to make communities aware of where the state was with plans. No money available The protests were happening in the middle of the financial year, so there was no money availab...
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