JOBURG — Not unusual for council sittings, a group of protesters gathered outside the metro centre in Braamfontein this morning.

With council in sitting, the African National Congress accused Mayor Herman Mashaba of being biased because he did not want to retrieve a memorandum for the [email protected] protesters, but did so in other instances.

The party proceeded to be excused from the sitting and its member left to join the protest that was already being monitored by Metro police.

Chaos erupted.

Protesters approached the foyer of the council chamber, broke the panelled glass and entered the chamber.

Councillor’s laptops were broken, papers we flung, a table overthrown and glassware broken.

The Chief Whip of Council, Dr Kevin Wax, said the ANC has tried to disrupt council from the start but he did not expect it to go this far.

” I am not happy with how Metro police dealt with this matter. This will be fully investigated,” he said.

Speaker of council, Vasco Da Gama, said action will be taken against those found guilty.

The [email protected] programme has been cut by Mashaba, much to the disappointment of the ANC. This they voiced in council as well today.

The party still said that Mashaba should have gone to met with the ‘petitioners’.

Council proceedings, however, went ahead, this also to the disapproval of the ANC.

ANC councillor Geoffrey Makhubo said: “Because the mayor refused and still refused to meet marches, we went out, insisting they wanted to give a memorandum to the Mayor. They are waiting for their mayor to take the memorandum”.

“This meeting is going on today,” Wax said.

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