The toilet protest in Khayelitsha continued overnight with a 1 000-strong crowd baying at police who fired rubber bullets to control the situation, police spokeswoman Captain Anneke van der Vyver said on Thursday.
"During the night there were sporadic incidents with big underground concrete pipes and containers rolled into Lansdowne road," she said.
"Police moved in and dealt with the situation quite well."
Some residents of Khayelitsha did not have enclosures around the toilets the government supplied for them, and they were outraged by the lack of privacy.
Last week a group began tearing down the corrugated iron erected around some of the toilets, demanding permanent enclosures.
In response, the local government removed the toilets, saying they would return them once the residents had built the enclosures which they said was part of an agreement for the supply of the toilets.
Nobody was arrested or injured during Wednesday night and Thursday morning's clashes, she said.
"During the night there were sporadic incidents with big underground concrete pipes and containers rolled into Lansdowne road," she said.
"Police moved in and dealt with the situation quite well."
Some residents of Khayelitsha did not have enclosures around the toilets the government supplied for them, and they were outraged by the lack of privacy.
Last week a group began tearing down the corrugated iron erected around some of the toilets, demanding permanent enclosures.
In response, the local government removed the toilets, saying they would return them once the residents had built the enclosures which they said was part of an agreement for the supply of the toilets.
Nobody was arrested or injured during Wednesday night and Thursday morning's clashes, she said.
- Sapa
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