Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Calm returns after service delivery protest

Calm has returned to the Malawi informal settlement near Bishop Lavis after service delivery protests rocked the community on Wednesday morning.

Nearly 200 residents threw stones at passing vehicles, demonstrating against a lack of electricity and housing.

The road leading to the informal settlement was still barricaded with tyres and rubbish bins.

The residents were slowly returning to the settlement and only a few remained singing along the Stellenbosch Arterial road.

They claim Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato failed to deliver on the promises he made to them last year.

A few police officials kept a watchful eye on protestors. - Eyewitness News

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