JOHANNESBURG - Zandspruit residents have this morning barricaded all entrances leading into the informal settlement, saying they are giving Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau seven days to provide them with electricity.

They are also planning on marching to the local police station today to hand over a memorandum.

Hundreds of residents have taken to the streets to complain about service delivery this morning.

#Zandspruit Residents want to march to the Honeydew police station this morning. MK pic.twitter.com/Fw9GsCVWac

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#Zandspruit Police and metro police on high alert here in Zandspruit. MK pic.twitter.com/Vy9W0zQ8oC

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#Zandspruit Residents say they have heard service delivery promises since 1994 but have seen little development. MK pic.twitter.com/8VLHuJYXgd

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Zandspruit residents say they've heard promises of service delivery since 1994, but the informal settlement has seen very little development.

One of the locals says Zandspruit has been neglected and government has not delivered on its promises.

"The problem is the electricity. We want proper development which government promised since 1994, but never implemented.

"This entire area doesn't have electricity, when there is power, it's because people are connecting illegally."

The number of community members protesting has increased and as more people join the crowd, police officers are also increasing their presence.

One woman says living without electricity has become dangerous because women and children fear walking through some open fields at night.

#Zandspruit residents outside the Honeydew police station. They are handing over a memorandum for Mayor Parks Tau.MK pic.twitter.com/D6VPMeJiUC

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#Zandspruit outside the Honeydew police station right now. MK pic.twitter.com/pUaz6YZcZD

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"We always have to fetch firewood from open fields and dumping sites and we get raped in the process. We have children," she says.

Community leaders say the march should be peaceful and they do not want to cause destruction.

#Zandspruit Residents marching to Honeydew police station to hand over a memorandum for Mayor Parks Tau.@MasaKekana pic.twitter.com/Uhbbp412SX

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They are turning cars away on Beyers Naude Drive, but some say this is to protect motorists in case the march gets out of hand.

Community members have formed a human barricade on Beyers Naude Drive, redirecting traffic on to other roads.