Nontando Mafanya
07 September 2016
Protests have again flared up
in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, where roads have been blocked with burning tyres
and rocks.
Yesterday, residents who had
illegally occupied land and demonstrated against the destruction of their
shacks.
Tshwane Metro Police say it’s
unclear if today’s protest is linked to the same issue. Officials have advised motorists to use
alternative routes to avoid being caught up in the demonstrations.
Tshwane Metro Police
spokesperson Isaac Mahamba says The Street being affected is Tsamaya next to
Kgomo Street.
There are people that are
protesting and have blocked streets with burning tyres and objects.
Isaac Mahamba confirmed to
Bush Radio news team that Yes they can
confirmed that they were riots earlier
on in Mamelodi current the situation
is back to normal.
“We are busy cleaning and we
are seeking the road department to clean the road surfaces he said.”
Mahamba said “The grievances
or the complains of the people that arrived this morning the were complaining
about earlier evictions that to place on Monday.”
“But what we can confirm at
this stage that they were no people that were arrest on nor people were
reported to be injured.”
“Metro police department currently
is on scene monitoring the situation but yes we can confirmed that situation
everything is back to normal, he concluded.”
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