Mbalula leads ANC supporters in march for services

More than 10,000 ANC members and supporters marched to the Tshwane House yesterday to hand over a memorandum of demands to Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya about service delivery and other concerns in the city.

- Marizka Coetzer

The Walking With People March in Tshwane was led by ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, who described it as the spirit of the revolution.

"This march is about the people's mandate. It is the spirit of the revolution and what we, as the ANC, are about and what we should be obsessed about."

"For our region to stand up and show we did not just join a government as a melting pot, we are getting our people along in relation to what the mandate is and we have placed our mandate before the new government in Tshwane to save our people and serve our people in Tshwane," he said.

Mbalula also reacted to the Stop Bela Bill protest and the spaza shop crisis saying, "They had to occupy the streets and ensure we carry our people."

"As the ANC, we want the spaza shops to close down and register each shop in terms of the regulations."