SAPS shoots dead 29-year-old male at rioting, roadblocks R41 highway Randfontein Road R41 DurbanDeep --
On the same day the riots broke out, an elderly white Afrikaner woman, Mrs Felicity Janse van Rensburg, also survived a horrific torture ordeal by unknown black home-invaders in her Randfontein home -- very far away from the rioting scene where the police were present. (PAGEGRAB ATTACHED) Two days earlier, in Roodepoort also at the West Rand, a white Afrikaner woman and her three small children were put under siege for hours while an angry mob from the nearby squatter camp threw boulders through their windows and after police finally rescued them, looted the contents of their home. It is believed by political observers that all these events are inter-related. The Princess squatter camp rioters have been warning the 130,000 white residents of Roodepoort to vacate their homes. The threats were later 'denied' by official sources, however some 600 Community Policing volunteers are on 24-hour standby.
Roodepoort RoadL closed 23January: protestor 29, shot dead allegedly by a plainclothes policemman eye-witnesses claim. Durban Deep: road blockade with burning logs, tyres and large boulders;
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Service delivery protests spread. Riaan van Zyl 23 January 2014 12:30 -- Randfontein Road (R41) had to be closed on 23 January after protesters from Durban Deep where a battle has broken out over the occupation of a land-site, blockaded the road with rocks, burning logs and burning tyres.The protesters took to the streets at approximately 6am to display their dismay at the property company that bought the property they reside on. The company allegedly wants to evict them and without providing them with alternative housing, has started demolishing houses and property in order to develop the site.As the protest gathered momentum one of the protesters, a 29-year-old male (name known to the Record) was shot. He was taken to hospital in a private vehicle but passed away.Various eyewitnesses claim that he was shot by a plainclothes policeman.
One elderly protester who wanted to stay anonymous described the incident as follows.“We were standing peacefully at the side of the road, singing and dancing while the tyres burned. Two marked police vehicles came from the direction of the community, escorting residents who were on their way to work. When they reached the exit one occupant of the police vehicle in private clothes opened fire on a young man standing at the roadside.”
Other bystanders confirmed his account.The deceased’s roommate and friend, Johnson Loabile, told the Record his version of what happened.“I was standing across the road among other protesters when the police vehicles came. Suddenly one of the policemen started firing shots. Five in total. One hit my friend
in the stomach and we rushed him to hospital but he passed away.”Loabile also claimed that they have the spent cartridges from the bullets that were fired as well as cellphone video material that can identify the vehicles and probably the gunman.Community leader Anthony Makana told the Record that they either will negotiate or fight, but they will not stop their protest until alternative housing is supplied.Click here to view gallery 1Click here to view gallery 2More riots erupt, motorists warned — 8amThe service delivery protests that have paralyzed the West Rand and the rest of the country once again has erupted today 23 January in the Durban Deep area.The protesters allegedly are intimidating motorists at the traffic circle at the entrance to the Durban Deep community on Albertina Sisulu Road.According to JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar it is uncertain whether residents of Durban Deep or Matholesville are protesting.JMPD is redirecting traffic and motorists are warned sternly by Minnaar to avoid the area.
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