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Ekurhuleni Mayor Tania Campbell addressed residents at the Mehlareng Stadium in the township on Friday morning.

Locals took to the streets in protest over the increase in water and electricity tariffs.

Service delivery protests, which led to the destruction of property in the East Rand township, have claimed at least four lives this week.

Amnesty International has again called for an investigation into the public order policing unit and how they respond to protests and volatile situations, following the death of four people in Tembisa who were killed during protests that have rocked the area.

Local authorities have been counting the cost of the damages, with estimates suggesting that the city will have to fork out millions of rands to carry out repairs.

Four people died during the demonstrations over an increase in rates along with higher electricity prices.

Protesters went on the rampage this week, with four people killed in the violence.

Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile addressed the community on Wednesday afternoon and vowed to address their complaints, but some residents responded by lighting a fire and demanding to see Campbell.

Gauteng Cogta MEC Lebogang Maile said there is very little the municipality can do about grievances over electricity and water tariff increases.

Protesting community members blocked off roads around the township with burning tyres and rocks, saying that municipal rates are too high and unaffordable.