Staff Reporter
Police have managed to disperse protesters in Ennerdale south of Johannesburg this morning (April, 15) with rubber bullets used to disperse learners and parents.
Residents took to the streets in the early hours of Monday morning, burning tyres and blockading the roads.
However, law enforcement have managed to reopen the roads that leads into and out of the township.
Johannesburg Metro Police spokesperson Wayne Minnaar says, “There was an attempt to burn tyres and protest at provincial road and Percy road in Ennerdale, however that fire was extinguished by officers and there was also an attempt to start a protest in Hillbrow, Plein Street and Pretoria Street. That to was extinguished because information was received yesterday of the planned protest in the CBD and also in Ennerdale – but there was officers on duty there since very early from 3am to monitor both areas. The situation is both areas is now under control.”
The service delivery protest have been triggered by the unrest that took place in the Alexandra township last week, with residents demanding the Johannesburg mayor to respond to the request for service delivery and to end the mushrooming of illegal structures that have been erected in the township.
