The death of a person who was slain during a demonstration against illegal mining activities in the area has angered locals of Kagiso in the West Rand, who have accused the police of being responsible.
This came when dozens of community members from Kagiso blocked the roads with rocks and debris early on Thursday morning.
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They also blocked entrance and exit points with burning tires, which had an impact on medical and educational services.
The demonstrators from Kagiso , who demand that illegal foreign miners leave the community, claim that the police fired on them without warning.
They worry that the area has become a crime hotspot due in part to the presence of foreign illegal miners who are well-armed with rifles and other hazardous weapons.
The demonstrators, who have promised to take the law into their own hands, were observed dragging several individuals who were thought to be the illegal miners out of their shacks while they were still clothed.
On Friday of last week, it was revealed that eight women had been gang-raped after being approached by a group of armed men they assumed to be illegal miners while they were filming near a mine waste in West Village.
The horrific rapes took place last Thursday.
Since then, police have conducted raids in the neighborhood, and just on Friday and Saturday, over 60 people were taken into custody.
This week, the suspects appeared in court on several counts, and they were remanded back into custody.
Source:
Pursuit Media SA
Via:
Sunday World
