Total
Shutdown movement are protesting today affecting major arterial roads such as
M7, Jakes Gerwel, The Stellenbosch Arterial, Valhalla Drive and Voortrekker
Road in the Cape Town metro from 5am to 10am.
The
Shutdown movement aims to get the governments attention because none of their
demands were met since the memorandum was given last year, but says there won’t
be any burning tyres nor throwing stones.
The Total
Shutdown movement’s full statement reads: “Stop the gender based violence! Stop
the crime in our communities! Shutdown your area on 25 September 2019! And their
demands remain the same:
1.
We
call for an end to the deployment of the SANDF in our areas.
2.
We
call for the immediate deployment of permanent base camps in all hot zones.
3.
We
call for immediate deployment of tactical response units in all hot zones.
4.
We
call for immediate relocation of SAPS from rich suburbs and to be allocated to
the hot zones.
5.
We
call for the immediate deployment of Law Enforcement and Metro Police to the hot
zones.
6.
We
demand a Mass public Works Programme at a living wage as unemployment, poverty
and inequality creates the breeding ground for organised crime.
7.
We
call for the building of drug rehabilitation centres in our communities,
especially for our youth from crippling substance abuse addiction.
8.
We
call for an army of social workers, more teachers, and community sports and
skills development centres.
9.
We
demand that the Western Cape be declarwed a disaster area and that all required
human and material resources be utilised to better the lives of the working
class.
1.
We
demand police protection for train commuters as well as police presence along
taxi routes and reassuring safety measures.
Done By
Jasmine
Johnson-Mazwi
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