Soweto hostel dwellers launch disruptive protest

Johannesburg metro police fired rubber bullets at Soweto hostel dwellers protesting on Saturday against a lack of service delivery.
"We had to use rubber bullets to get them off the roads," said Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar.
He said rubber bullets were fired at protesting residents of the Dobsonville and Nancefield hostels. They took to the streets at 4.30am on Saturday along with Jabavu hostel dwellers, blockading roads with stones.

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