The Mercury reports that disgruntled former military combatants of the Azanian People’s Liberation Army (Apla) stormed an executive committee meeting at the Durban City Hall on Tuesday demanding employment from the city.  

Apla is aligned to the PAC.  The ex-combatants were forcefully removed before they could address the exco.  Mayor Zandile Gumede was left fuming, demanding to know how the men had managed to breach the city’s supposedly stringent security.  Apla eThekwini secretary Bongani Nxumalo said the group had resorted to the drastic measure after their calls for employment, “through proper channels”, had fallen on deaf ears.  He said their members were being ignored in the employment of military veterans.  Instead, members of the ANC-aligned Umkhonto we Sizwe were getting “preferential treatment”.  City manager S’bu Sithole said the Apla concerns would be addressed in the city’s military veterans policy.

• Read this report by Sihle Manda in full at The Mercury

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