Share

WE WON'T STOP PUTTING UP SHACKS!

accreditation
Protesting Richmond Farm residents blockaded the road with burning tyres yesterday.
Protesting Richmond Farm residents blockaded the road with burning tyres yesterday.

LAND invaders took their anger to the streets yesterday morning.

Residents of Richmond Farm, north of Durban, blocked the road with burning tyres, causing traffic chaos.

They told Daily Sun they were angry that eThekwini municipal guards had demolished their shacks on Monday.

Mbuso Hadebe (38) said the guards arrived early and knocked down their shacks. He claimed they fired rubber bullets while they were demolishing the structures.

He said they injured a two-year-old child and several other residents.

“After the guards left, we rebuilt our shacks and now they’ve demolished more shacks. That’s why we decided to protest.”

Ntombifikile Mchunu (49) said: “We won’t stop building shacks until the councillor organises RDPs for us.”

Councillor Nokufika Biyela said: “If they want houses, they should go to the municipal offices and leave me out of this.”

Municipal spokesman Msawakhe Mayisela said: “The city had a number of anti-land invasion operations in Richmond Farm. We’ll continue to protect the land from unlawful occupation.”

KZN police spokeswoman Colonel Thembeka Mbele said: “A case of public violence was opened at Ntuzuma Police Station after 200 residents blockaded the road.”

Get the best in Soccer, News and Lifestyle content with SNL24 PLUS
For 14 free days, you can have access to the best from Soccer Laduma, KickOff, Daily Sun, TrueLove and Drum. Thereafter you will be billed R29 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
Subscribe to SNL24 PLUS
heading
description
username
Show Comments ()
Voting Booth
What do you value most personally?
Please select an option Oops! Something went wrong, please try again later.
Results
Earning tons of money
33% - 1 votes
Career Progression
33% - 1 votes
Work-Life balance
33% - 1 votes
Vote
Let us know what you think

Contact the People’s Paper with feedback on stories and how we could make dailysun.co.za even better!

Learn more
Do you have a story for the People’s Paper?

Click below to contact our news desk and share your story with SunLand!

Let's do it!