WATCH | Diepsloot residents Reject govt’s response as an ‘insult’

Cape Town – Residents of Diepsloot in Soweto are frustrated with the government’s failure to fulfill its promises and have rejected President Cyril Ramaphosa’s response, considering it an insult.

The community has been demanding that the president visit and address their concerns, particularly regarding the high levels of crime and long-standing electricity crisis.

The government claims to be assembling a team, including relevant ministers, to address the issues, but the residents are unsatisfied with this response, eNCA reported.

Diepsloot residents in Northern Johannesburg have had enough of government’s empty promises. They’ve rejected the response from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office, describing it as an insult. The community has been calling for the president to come and address them. #DStv403 pic.twitter.com/zdyNEH6wIe

— eNCA (@eNCA) June 26, 2023

Meanwhile, law enforcement on Money kept a watchful eye over the continued at the Diepkloof hostel.

Protesters were said to be stoning passing vehicles and attacking journalists in the area, reported EWN.

It’s the second protest in two weeks, with residents also calling for local government to address water and housing shortages.

The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department’s Xolani Fihla said the police were on the scene and monitoring the situation.

“Currently Marthinus Smuts Drive right at the entrance of Diepkloof hostel is barricaded with burning tyres and rocks but the main roads within that vicinity that’s the Chris Hani Road, the N12 and the N1 are still open for traffic to flow.”