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The Cosatu and South African Communist Party leadership, among them SACP secretary general Blade Nzimande, lead the march from the front.

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Cosatu and SACP marchers moving from the City Hall where they gathered for a march to protest against the rising food pricing and load shedding.

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The marchers moving up Rissik Street towards Braamfontein where they delivered their memorandum to an Eskom representative.

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Johannesburg Metro Police and members of the SAPS providing a human shield at the Eskom offices in Braamfontein to prevent marchers from going in.

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Some of the marchers singing outside the Eskom offices in Braamfontein.

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SACP secretary general Blade Nzimande lifting his hand to ask the crowds to stop singing and listen to him address them outside the Eskom offices.

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A marcher making his views about the Eskom management known.

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SACP secretary general Blade Nzimande standing next to Sandile Nogxina, Minerals and Energy Department director general, who was booed when he tried to speak outside teh Eskom offices. Behind them is an Eskom representative.

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After the address at the Eskom offices the marchers proceeded to a Pick n Pay supermarket where they demanded a moratorium on food prices.

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One of the marchers who added his voice to the demands to have a moratorium on food price increases and load shedding.

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From the Eskom offices in Braamfontein the march proceeded to a Pick n Pay supermarket also in the area.

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After the memorandum was delivered to both the marches' destinations the posters were carried lower.

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