Motorists and residents alike appreciate police monitoring protests
“According to the information provided to the police, the residents were complaining in particular because of an electricity outage that they had been experiencing for the past two days and demanded that electricity be restored.”
Erasmia police responded to a service delivery protest action on Wednesday when angry residents blocked roads in Olievenhoutbosch.
According to Erasmia police spokesperson, Sergeant Tumisang Moloto, the police’s response has especially been welcomed by motorists and some of the residents in and around the area.
“A group of upset residents have embarked on a service delivery protest on Wednesday afternoon, blocking the R55 and Samrand Road with barricades and burning tyres. The action was a response to the ongoing municipal strike during which no service delivery took place.”
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“According to the information provided to the police, the residents were complaining in particular because of an electricity outage that they had been experiencing for the past two days and demanded that electricity be restored.”
Moloto said in another separate incident the same day, a group of Tshwane municipal workers have embarked in a protest march to Tshwane House to raise their concerns .
“In both protests police, assisted by Tshwane Metropolitan Police (TMPD), police managed to respond timeously to monitor both situations.”
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