Kliptown quiet after electricity protest
01 April 2016 - 11:43
Police on Friday denied reports that they fired rubber bullets at protesters in the Mandela Square informal settlement the night before. Gauteng police spokesman Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said the situation on Friday morning in the settlement in Kliptown‚ south of Johannesburg‚ has quietened down.Dlamini also said that there were no reports of anyone being injured‚ despite claims by community leader Sipho Jantjies‚ who said: “Two elders and a young boy were wounded.”Jantjies said residents were protesting because they had no electricity due to cable theft.He also claimed police had fired rubber bullets at the protesters after they had blocked roads with burning tyres and thrown stones at them...
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