*Edited* Municipal buildings were burned not a police station.
A male adult has been shot dead, a substation was damaged and municipal buildings have been burned during violent protests in Tembisa on Monday morning.
Tembisa residents are protesting against electricity cut-offs for defaulting customers and “high municipal rates” and the damaging of the substation has sparked outrage from other residents who fear power outages will be the consequence.
Tembisa people burned an electricity substations,tonight they will blame @Eskom_SA and the CEO. https://t.co/HloxJmRFWp
— Sekwati mafoho 🇿🇦 (@abelmafhoho) August 1, 2022
Some roads in the area have been blocked off with rocks since late Sunday night by protesters. A community engagement was called in Thembisa by officials from the Ekurhuleni metro on Friday, but protesters said they want the metro’s mayor to address them.
Ekurhuleni metro police spokesperson Kelebogile Thepa confirmed one protester was shot dead by an officer during the protest action.
A protester has died in Tembisa after being shot by Police#Tembisa pic.twitter.com/wHubUqRbLk
— Vehicle Trackers (@VehicleTrackerz) August 1, 2022
A male adult has been shot dead, a substation was damaged and municipal buildings have been burned during violent protests in Tembisa on Monday morning
The Independent Police Investigating Directorate is probing the circumstances.
The person shot dead is renting just across the where the #Tembisa protest took place. Journalist of the Voice Tembisa managed to get in the building to view his covered corpse. Residents are furious about this death.#Tembisashutdown pic.twitter.com/1bs7vbSicd
— Vehicle Trackers (@VehicleTrackerz) August 1, 2022
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