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’Blockade on Baden Powell was just the beginning’

Some Khayelitsha residents who live next to Baden Powell Drive off the N2 were hesitant to talk to Eyewitness News about service delivery protests on the area.

The residents looked on as police water cannon hosed down the road after the civic group Abahlali baseMjondolo rallied community members to burn tyres and rubbish and block off the roads on Friday morning.

A woman said frustrated residents often vented their anger this way.

The group who organised the demonstration said this was the start of a series of protests.

Their aim was to highlight the lack of service delivery in townships.

(Edited by Lisa Bartlett)