WATCH | Frantic scramble to apply for jobs at City Hall

Pushing and shoving as hundreds respond to social media advert for positions

Violent confrontations erupted outside City Hall in Gqeberha on Thursday as hundreds of people pushed, shoved and fought in a frantic bid to obtain 150 Expanded Public Works Programme forms, to apply for a year’s work.

The chaos erupted after thousands descended on City Hall in response to an advert circulated widely on social media for the positions...

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