Members of the Social Justice
Coalition were on Wednesday arrested for protesting outside Mayor Patricia de
Lille office.
SJC General Secretary Phumeza Mlungwana
said the total refusal of Mayor Patricia de Lille to engage with the SJC led to
the exceptional show of force.
Mayor de Lille in a statement said
the protest by SJC was a publicity stunt and that the she had offered dates to
SJC for a meeting in October.
Mlungwana said the SJC is willing to
accept one of the dates that the Mayor has proposed, only if the Mayor agrees
to our demands stipulating the process of the development of the policy and
plan. If the Mayor does not accept our demands for the process and follow
through on her original commitments, we will continue to protest her
authoritarian leadership of the City of Cape
Town
SJC has vowed to continue with their
protests until the Mayor or the City responds to their demands.
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