ANC is behind Johannesburg land invasions - Mashaba
9 September 2016
Johannesburg - The African National Congress is behind land invasions that have been reported in Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg, in the last few weeks, according to the city's Mayor Herman Mashaba.
"We have information that the ANC is behind the invasions. It's trying to destabilise the coalition we have here," he told journalists at a media briefing held at his offices on Friday morning.
Mashaba urged community members in the region not to allow themselves to be used in a matter that he claimed was political.
"This is not only unlawful but more worrying is the blatant abuse of vulnerable members of our communities to achieve political ends," Mashaba explained, claiming that the development was both unacceptable and would not be tolerated.