“Officers will be deployed and we will work with other law enforcement agencies,” Johannesburg Metro Police Department spokesperson Wayne Minnaar told News24.
“We will deal with it as it unfolds.”
All townships in Gauteng are shutting down today. It is already shutdown in Orlando and Meadowlands. Alexandria, Vaal, Tembisa, Ga-Rankuwa following. All students, unemployed youth, civic organizations, NGOs, community forums Gauteng for the next 2 is closed. NO to loadshedding! pic.twitter.com/e4C9MmCbOA
— uMagebhula – uSofasonke (@KamvelihleGoba) February 25, 2020
Residents from Soweto, Alexandra, Tembisa, Eldorado Park and the Vaal are expected to participate in the shutdown.
The Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee planned to shut down the suburb this week after holding a rally on Sunday to challenge a R18bn electricity bill, EWN reported
The group said that it was planning to shut down the township during the State of the Province Address and the national Budget Speech this week.
