Stun grenades, tear gas, used towards disperse total shutdown marchers in Kensingto
The police used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse marchers
of the Gatvol Capetonians total shutdown movement in Kensington on the 8th
of August Thursday morning.
The
shutdown movement stated they would remain to highlight the predicament of individuals
living in backyards and for access to housing and land, cautioning that this
was "just a taste of things that's going to happen" if the
authorities don't meet their demands. The marchers had guaranteed to barricade main
roads and intersections across the Cape Town metro from 5am to 11am. The Stellenbosch Arterial needed to be shutdown to
traffic in both directions between Adam Tas and the Delft main roads at the
R300. Cape Town Traffic spokesperson Richard Coleman said marchers remained
burning tyres in the roadway.
Marches supporting the movement partake
barricaded sections of numerous roads across the Cape Metro, including
Voortrekker Road near Jakes Gerwel and 5th Avenue; Prince George Drive at the
M5 at Parkwood, where the circumstance is under control with pockets of burning
tyres and accounts of isolated incident of stone-throwing; Wale Street leading
to the Bo-Kaap, where there is a heavy police presence; Ocean View in Fish Hoek
is closed off; the M5 near Dick Burton Road; the main road in Belhar near the
KFC; and Kommetjie Road at Milky Way is blocked, where there have been reports
of vandalism.On Thursday morning spokesperson for the
movement, Oscar Samuels told the SABC this "was just a taste of things
that's going to happen" and that there will be a memorandum handed over to
the City and Western Cape government later today and the Western Cape government
has 21 days to respond to the memorandum.
By: Ellouise Muller
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