South Africa township riots for electricity access
France 24 - Residents in Johannesburg’s Kliptown area were outraged to find their electricity supplies abruptly cut off on Tuesday, May 7.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, protesters hurled stones, burnt tyres and threw rubbish on the railway line which separates the prosperous from the less developed part of Kliptown. Residents living in the poorer settlements had hooked up cables to tap in to the electricity network provided by City Power Johannesburg (CPJ) for residents on the other side of the railtrack and the train company, Metrorail.
Residents complain the government is not building enough housing connected to water and electricity supplies, leaving them no choice but to siphon off electricity from other sources. Read more.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, protesters hurled stones, burnt tyres and threw rubbish on the railway line which separates the prosperous from the less developed part of Kliptown. Residents living in the poorer settlements had hooked up cables to tap in to the electricity network provided by City Power Johannesburg (CPJ) for residents on the other side of the railtrack and the train company, Metrorail.
Residents complain the government is not building enough housing connected to water and electricity supplies, leaving them no choice but to siphon off electricity from other sources. Read more.
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