Four dead in South Africa protests over high power costs
SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Four dead in South Africa protests over high power costs Protests over poor services occur regularly in South Africa, which is battling some of the highest unemployment and crime rates in the world. ADVERTISEMENT At least four people have died during protests over the cost of electricity in a South African township, police officials have said. ADVERTISEMENT On Monday, residents angry at the high cost of basic services barricaded roads with burning tyres and set ablaze a municipal building in Thembisa township, northeast of the financial hub, Johannesburg. ADVERTISEMENT Authorities said two people were killed in alleged police shootings after the protests broke out in the morning. “It’s alleged they have been shot,” local municipal police spokeswoman Kelebogile Thepa told reporters. ADVERTISEMENT CLICK TO