A group of about 150 people barricaded Marlboro Drive near Alexandra on Friday in protest against their eviction from an industrial site, Gauteng police said.
”They said they had nowhere to go since they had been evicted from an industrial site building,” Superintendent Lungelo Dlamini said.
Johannesburg metro police spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said the protesters placed rocks, stones and burning tyres on the road on Friday morning.
”Our officers have removed the protesters from the scene. At the moment we are busy clearing the road of burnt tyres and rocks,” said Minnaar.
Anti-Privatisation Forum spokesperson Silumko Radebe said the government had promised residents that they would not be evicted and that they would have access to housing and basic services.
”People are demanding what is rightfully theirs. The government has promised them houses and basic services but they are getting a raw deal,” said Radebe. — Sapa