Tshwane MMC explains what mayor meant by 'build a wall' comment
28 June 2017
Pretoria – While Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga may have decided to break down his idea to build a wall between two communities at war with each other in Mamelodi, there had been another wall erected that was allegedly broken down by residents of the informal settlement.
Last week, in something reminiscent of the Berlin Wall or United States President Donald Trump's idea of building a wall to separate the US and Mexico, Msimanga suggested that a wall was needed between the community of Mahube Valley Extension One, in Mamelodi, and residents of an informal settlement called Mountain View, which had been clashing with one another.
He visited both communities last week, calling for calm.
Msimanga said that informal dwellers could not be evicted immediately, but that a wall would be built to separate the two communities.