Pretoria residents to protest over ‘exorbitant’ electricity bills
Marchers will take to the streets to call on the mayor to scrap exorbitant electricity bills in the metro.
Members of the Inwooners Baagi Civil Movement (IBCM) were due to take to the streets of Pretoria on Monday morning, to call on the mayor to scrap “exorbitant” electricity bills.
Several streets in the CBD are expected to be affected as early as 09:00.
According to the Tshwane metro police, marchers will gather from at old Putco depot in Marabastad and move to Tshwane House in the CBD.
The route of the march is as follows:
From the old Putco depot they will join Struben Street and right into Sophie de Bruyn Street and left into Madiba Street and proceed straight until they reach Tshwane House.
The following intersections will be affected:
- Cowie Street
- Kgosi Mampuru Street
- Bosman Street
- Paul Kruger Street
- Thabo Sehume Street
- Lilian Ngoyi Street
The protesters are expected to disperse from Tshwane House at 12:30.
Tshwane metro police officers will be deployed to monitor the march and all affected Streets.
Motorists are advised to avoid the affected Streets and use alternative routes such as:
- WF Nkomo Street
- Pretorius Street
- Francis Baard Street
- Nana Sita Street
- Visagie Street
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