JMPD and an army of Red Ants - carrying crowbars, riot shields and rubber bullet guns - demolished about 1,000 shacks on two properties in Rabie Ridge on Tuesday morning
Thabo Malekutu, one of the occupiers in Mayibuye, said he had received a call from one of his neighbours while he was at work in the morning. “They told me they heard rumours that Red Ants were coming to demolish our shacks so I just left work without even giving notice,” he said.
Malekutu said his two children, aged two and seven, had been at crèche at the time of the eviction. “What am I going to tell them when they get back from crèche and see they have no home? Where are we going to sleep tonight?” he said. “They just started burning… We tried to save a few things but a lot of my clothes and documents were still inside,” he said. “How am I going to find a job without an ID and how will I vote on May 8?”
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