Protesters from Soshanguve blocked the M20 road during #TshwaneShutdown protest demanding public services before the May 8 Election. Picture: Bongani Shilubane/African News Agency Protesters from Gomorrah informal settlement in Pretoria West takes cover as they clashed with police officers during #TshwaneShutdown protests demanding service delivery. Picture: Bongani Shilubane/African News Agency .Picture: Bongani Shilubane/African News Agency Picture: Bongani Shilubane/African News Agency .
In Gauteng, Rus-ter-Vaal battles between protesters and police continued, while in Pennyville eight people were arrested but protesters vowed to continue with a shut down and demanded title deeds for properties were handed to residents within a week, in a memorandum handed to Premier David Makhura's office.
The DA has accused the ANC of fomenting the unrest, and the ruling party fired back by accusing it of resorting to the apartheid regime's strategy of blaming unrest on a threat of legal action. "The DA's standard response to blame the ANC for everything, even when it's messed up, like keeping Khayelitsha in darkness through an absence of street lights and deliberately and wantonly not building enough houses," Dennis Cruywagen said.
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