Roads in Orlando East, Soweto closed due to a power outage protest

Residents of Orlando East Boom Town barricaded roads in Orlando in protest due to a power outage they experienced in the area for two weeks, Soweto Urban reports.

Residents allege that the cause of the power outage is because of the transformer that exploded in the area which resulted in the area not having electricity.

The protest started on Tuesday night and its in full swing currently.

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The Orlando police are at the scene maintaining the situation but residents insist that they will continue to block the road till the Ward 30 councillor address their grievances.

The main road in Orlando East ‘ Mooki street’ and the two Reavaya bus stations ‘Boom Town station’ and ‘ Orlando police station’ are temporarily closed.