{"id":25612,"date":"2013-11-22T16:15:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T14:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2013\/11\/mayor-fihla-silent-after-week-of-violent-unrest\/"},"modified":"2013-11-22T16:15:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T14:15:49","slug":"mayor-fihla-silent-after-week-of-violent-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/mayor-fihla-silent-after-week-of-violent-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Fihla silent after week of violent unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It has been a week since violence over housing delivery erupted in Uitenhage but we have heard no word from our Mayor.<\/p>\n

The Executive Mayor, Benson Fihla, is the political leader of our Metro and should be at the forefront of this community unrest and come up with a plan of action to deal with the community\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n

The DA is concerned that Mayor Fihla has been silent and has presented no plan of action to deal with the unrest that has led to the intimidation and injury of councillors, the death of an innocent child, as well as the destruction of municipal and private property.<\/p>\n

Whilst we understand the frustration of the communities, the violent and lawless behaviour of protestors must be publicly condemned in the strongest terms by the Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor.<\/p>\n

It is time for Mayor Fihla to lead from the front as his predecessor used to say. If he is not in fact a \u2018lame duck\u2019 Mayor, as asserted in the media, let\u2019s hear his plan to lead our Metro through this volatile situation.<\/p>\n

The DA demands that the Mayor acts to address the following issues as a matter of urgency:<\/strong><\/p>\n