Tembisa protest may spark anarchy

While you cannot blame angry and financially strapped residents of Tembisa for blocking roads and setting tyres alight to protest a new electricity hike, the fact that the City of Ekurhuleni gave in and suspended the charge sets a dangerous precedent.

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The people of Tembisa are not the only ones who are at the end of their tether because of snowballing utility costs – most other communities feel the same way. And if they start similar violent protests, because they have seen that it works, then this country could quickly become sucked into anarchy.