Loadshedding march: Streets to avoid in Tshwane
The Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) has warned motorists to avoid streets affected by the march against the ongoing load shedding.
Civil rights organisations #NotInMyName and the Mamelodi Nellmapius Eesterust (MNE) Stakeholders Forum will be marching to the offices of energy regulator Nersa and the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Friday.
The organisations will be marching against the prolonged load-shedding hours and the decision by Nersa to grant Eskom a tariff increase of 18.65%.
TMPD spokesperson Isaac Mahamba says the marchers will gather at Church Square, Pretoria Central, from 8:30.
"From Church Square marchers will join Paul Kruger Street and turn right onto Madiba Street and proceed straight until they reach NERSA offices at 526 Madiba Street, and to Union Buildings, Arcadia, Pretoria. From NERSA they will proceed on Madiba Street to march to Union Buildings," says Mahamba.
The intersections to be affected include Paul Kruger Street, Madiba Street, Thabo Sehume Street, Lillian Ngoyi Street, Sisulu Street, Du Toit Street, Nelson Mandela Drive, Steve Biko Road, Hamilton Street and Government Avenue.
The marchers are expected to disperse from NERSA at 11:00 and from the Union Buildings at 12:30.
Mahamba says officers will be deployed to monitor the march and all affected streets.
"Motorists are advised to avoid affected streets and use alternative routes such as Nana Sita Street, Francis Baard Street, Park Street, Stanza Bopape Street, Struben Street and Edmond Street," notes Mahamba.
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