Police fire rubber bullets as Soweto residents protest over electricity cuts
25 February 2020
Police fired rubber bullets to disperse residents of Soweto who took to the streets and barricaded parts of the busy Sofasonke Street in Orlando East to protest against electricity cuts.
It took police over an hour to disperse residents of Nomzamo Park who were planning to march to the City of Johannesburg offices in Orlando East.
Half an hour later, after negotiating with law enforcement agencies, residents then attempted to march to the municipal offices but were prevented by the police.
Police stopped them at a traffic circle and ordered them not to proceed to the office of their ward councillor Sechaba Khumalo.