The shutdown might see road closures of major highways such as the R511 and the N14, which link Johannesburg and Pretoria on Monday and Tuesday.
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Police are on high alert following threats of a service delivery protest ‘shutdown’ in Diepsloot, west of Johannesburg.
This after a message has been doing the rounds on social media that the township would be ‘closed down’ from Monday 15 July to Tuesday 16 July.
Among the demands in the message are that ‘local leaders’ want money to be made available to supply electricity to all the informal settlements in the area.
Another demand is for all ‘undocumented’ (i.e. foreign) residents to leave the area.
Police spokesperson Captain Makgowanyana Maja said the circulating message cannot be confirmed as either bogus or legitimate.
“We are, however, aware of it and ready to deal with it,” he said.
If true, the shutdown will see road closures of major highways such as the R511 and the N14 which link Pretoria and Johannesburg.
Schools will apparently be disrupted as well as taxi operations and construction projects.
“No one is going to work,” the message read.
“N14 and R511 will be totally shut down.”
The message further said no shops will be open on the days, including malls.
Maja said there was an operational plan in place, which could not be divulged
-Noxolo Sibiya/ Record Centurion / 2019-07-14
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