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Residents at Soshanguve protesting over water.
Police have fired rubber bullets at residents protesting water shortages in Soshanguve Block L, north of Pretoria.
Residents have taken to the streets, barricading roads with burning tyres and rocks in protest over ongoing water outages.
The community says they have been without water for two weeks.
The protest also led to the disruption of bus services at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), leaving many students stranded.
One resident who was shot during the protest says he intends to open a case against the police, alleging excessive use of force.
“Whatever they are doing to this community is so wrong because they have no right to shoot while we are just protesting. They should have communicated with us before shooting; now I have injuries of rubber bullets, here is proof.”
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