The community had taken to the streets to protests against electricity cuts. Apparently the place has not had electricity since Friday.
Shai, who lives in the area, had allegedly not been affected by power cuts but decided to join the protest as a means of keeping the peace among residents and the police.
According to Channel24, Shai said he was struck by 11 rubber bullets when he stood between disgruntled residents and police, trying and calm the situation.
He told the news website that while his thigh was left wounded, most of the rubber bullets hit him the back when he was trying to get away.
He also said he was going to have x-rays done to determine if he had incurred any other structural damage to tissue or bone.
Speaking to Radio 702, Shai complained about the conduct of the Public Order Police saying they were not properly trained and that he would be would be lodging a complaint with the Independent Police Investigative Directorate
Soweto has seen multiple protests recently over electricity blackouts following reports that it owed the power utility more than R18 billion in unpaid electricity bills.
