Plans are afoot to electrify Bekkersdal: Rand West MMC
Hundreds of disgruntled Bekkersdal residents took to the streets to demand that electricity be installed in all informal settlements.
Rand West Member of the Mayoral Committee for Water, Sanitation and Energy, Dumile Sithole, says plans for the electrification of all informal settlements inHe was addressing a meeting with the Bekkersdal community leaders at the Rand West Municipal offices in Westonaria on Wednesday. Hundreds of disgruntled residents took to the streets earlier on Wednesday to demand that electricity be installed in all informal settlements. They blockaded all routes leading in and out of the township and disrupted schooling.
Hundreds of Bekkersdal residents have embarked on a march to the RandWest Municipal offices in Westonaria.
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