Tears flow as Red Ants demolish hundreds of shacks in Cape Town

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Tears flow as Red Ants demolish hundreds of shacks in Cape Town
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'I’ve got no money,' said 54-year-old Gladys Lindiwe. 'We could not pay the R800 in Dunoon, with electricity and food. I don't know where we are going to sleep.'

Working under heavy police guard, staff from the Red Ants security company tore down shacks that had been built illegally.

"I’ve got no money," said 54-year-old Gladys Lindiwe."We could not pay the R800 in Dunoon, with electricity and food. I don't know where we are going to sleep." "We are already living like animals out here. Where must we go now?" he asked."If I go over there to ask them, they will just shoot me."

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