IN PICS: Kliptown Square residents force City Power to call off disconnection operation

City Power officials during an operation to cut illegal electricity connections at the Kliptown Square complex on 29 January 2025. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN

Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN

Kliptown Square residents blocked the entrance to their complex to prevent City Power officials and the police from entering to cut illegal electricity connections on 29 January 2025. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN

Kliptown Square residents try to prevent City Power officials and the police from entering their complex to cut illegal electricity connections on 29 January 2025. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN

Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN

Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN

Kliptown Square residents speak to City Power officials to prevent them cutting illegal electricity connections on 29 January 2025. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN

Kliptown Square residents burned debris at the entrance to their complex to prevent City Power officials and the police from entering to cut illegal electricity connections on 29 January 2025. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN

Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN

A Kliptown Square resident exinguishes a fire during a protest against City Power cutting illegal electricity connections at the complex on 29 January 2025. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN