Johnathan Paoli
Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza launched his first Mayoral Imbizo at the Mahlareng Stadium in Tembisa on Thursday for a feedback session with community members on service delivery issues.
Xhakaza was joined by Members of his Mayoral Committee as well as the Premier of Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi.
The half-filled stadium was divided into a crowd of African National Congress (ANC) supporters on the one side and a slightly smaller crowd on the other side sporting EFF T-shirts.
In addressing the crowd, and following a partial walk-out from some EFF supporters, Premier Lesufi promised that Tembisa would not be left behind in the government’s project to restore programs which had critically assisted the communities, but subsequently dried up.
Lesufi said he fully supported a metro government that is focused on meeting the needs of communities, and that despite being a coalition government, it would not let party allegiance or ideology
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