Service delivery protest at Nkanga Village
Spokesperson for Brakpan Police Captain Pearl van Staden says part of the N17 road is closed due to protest action.
Service delivery protests broke out at Nkaga Village, next to the N17 highway, between Tonk Meter and Denne roads, last Thursday morning.
Protests started early in the morning after illegal electricity connections were allegedly taken down by the metro.
Springs CPF chairperson Barend van Heerden reported that shots were fired by people in the crowd of protesters earlier that morning, but by 8.20am the situation had calmed down.
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Police were cautious and the N17 remained closed for most of the day.
Spokesperson for Brakpan Police Capt Pearl van Staad said the Public Order Policing unit, officers from the Brakpan Police Station and the EMPD were on the scene.
When asked for comment on the EMPD’s role in the protest, EMPD spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng said they were not at liberty to comment.
“It is the metro which releases the mandate for removing illegal connections.
“As the EMPD, we are only there to provide security,” says Mokheseng.
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By Thursday afternoon,the road was open and five people had been arrested for public violence and malicious damage to property.
The EMPD was still on the scene, monitoring the situation.
Over the weekend, protests broke out intermittently, but the road was clear by Monday.
The metro was not available for comment.
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