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United Progressive People Alliance criticises Tshwane over police deployment in Gomora [SOUND]

# The United Progressive People Alliance has condemned the City of Tshwane’s decision to deploy Metro Police while electricity cut-offs are being carried out in Gomora Informal Settlement. Illegal electricity connections were removed last week, which sparked the protest. Residents demanding electricity blocked the roads with burning tyres and threw stones at the police. UPPA spokesperson Abel Tau says residents’ grievances should not be treated as a security problem:

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