Shack dwellers have burnt tyres and rubbish on Japhta Masemola Road in Cape Town, demanding the City of Cape Town install electricity in Lansdowne Road informal settlement in Khayelitsha. | GroundUp_News
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The ensuing fire and smoke forced motorists to turn back and taxi drivers to drop their passengers off before they reached their destinations,When the police arrived, the protesters ran into their shacks beside the road. Each time the police left, the protesters returned to restart the fires. "When they take charge of the ward after the elections, they blame the absence of electricity here on the previous councillors."Teachers threatened, pupils forced out of class as protests disrupt start of school in North West
Samela Desemela said she used candles for light in her shack and a paraffin stove to cook food and boil water.
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