A Heavy police presence could be felt when “unhappy” residents from Nomzamo and the surrounding areas marched to the recently opened shopping centre in the area on Tuesday 12 April.
Aggrieved residents are demanding a high percentage of employment at the centre than those coming from other areas.
Residents claim the majority of people employed in the centre come from outside and they want this to be rectified.
With a keen eye from the police, the group gathered near ACJ Primary School in Nomzamo before marching through the streets to hand over their memorandum.
On their previous march, the picketers also accused one major retailer of being “arrogant and racist” when dealing with the issue of employment among locals, (“Jobless spark unrest” City Vision 31 March).
Athi Ndlovu (23), from Zola, told City Vision they were aggrieved as they had also found their curriculum vitae (CV) dumped in a dustbin.
“We are young, suffering and we also want employment. We have done our investigation and we know that most of these people are not from our areas,” she said.
Ndlovu claimed some workers at the mall came as far as Gugulethu.
“We have followed people after work, took their pictures and we saw them getting into taxis to their different areas.
“We did this, so we can have tangible evidence that most of these people are not from here,” she said.
Another resident Siphenathi Mzini (29), from New Village, said she had even taken fingerprints and was waiting to receive a call of employment.
“After submitting my CV, I was called and told to go to Somerset where we filled in a form.
“There were about nine or 10 of us we’re told to wait for their calls. Some have been called but I have been waiting since, not knowing what is happening,” said an irate Mzini.
The marchers handed over their memorandum, which they demanded to have it answered within seven days. Police, urged marchers to disperse as they did not want them to disturb motorists on the entrance into Nomzamo.