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While residents continue to demonstrate. 3 dead bodies were recovered in this community today. Residents say people are killed on a daily basis due to the high level of crime.
They want electricity & police deployment to combat the murders. #NewzroomAfrika
Look out for an interview with a distraught mother who has lost her 4 month old baby in #PhilippiProtest on #NewzroomAfrika #Dstv405
About 5 vehicles were torched today when a group of over 500 people protested in Marikana, Philippi CT. The residents demand electricity and the improvement of their area. #PhilippiProtest
Police have their hands full in #PhilippiProtest. Golden Arrow bus and a truck were set alight. Shops have been closed. And containers are being looted. #NewzroomAfrika
#PhilippiProtest CoCT Fire and Rescue officials have confirmed a bus has been torched during a protest in Philippi this morning. Law enforcement officers are currently on scene. Stock Rd,Govan Mbeki RD and Rochester Rd are closed. SF
Police confirm that a post office in Gugulethu has been set alight. Petrol bomb thrown by unknown suspects. No arrests have yet been made. Police remain at the scene and around the area. #GugsProtest #GugulethuProtest #LandProtest #LandInvasion #PhilippiProtest
Sources: Gugulethu post office has been set alight. This follows the demolition of informal structures built on privately owned land which was vacant. Back yard dwellers have been protesting for land, for the past couple of weeks. #GugsProtest #PhilippiProtest
After speaking to some councilors in these areas. They claim that the City, HDA, a company called Oasis and a Mr Saunders own some of the these pieces of land. #PhilippiProtest
This is one of the privately owned pieces of land Philippi residents have been trying to occupy. #PhilippiProtest
This is one of the privately owned pieces of land Philippi back yard dwellers have occupied since January. Some are still erecting structures to call home, saying they can't afford to pay rent at the back of some homes. They've been evicted here over 3 times. #PhilippiProtest
This is in Govan Mbeki road. There's a land/housing protest in Philippi, Nyanga and Gugulethu. It's been going on for the past few weeks. Residents have occupied vacant pieces of land in these areas since January this year. Some of their structures were put down #PhilippiProtest
These backyard dwellers say private land owners must first try to engage with them before getting court orders to evict them. They say they aren't hooligans. They claim to be provoked by police. When their structures are put most of them are at work. #PhilippiProtest
Philippi residents protesting outside the Western Cape High court to oppose a court order that was used to evict them from privately owned land they occupied. #PhilippiProtest
#PhilippiProtest Smith says 3 law enforcement officials were injured during the protest and fires were shot by the protesters. MK
#PhilippiProtest Smith says it seems the Lower Cross Roads protest sparked when residents were antagonized by Marikana protesters. MK
#PhilippiProtest Smith confirms 2 murders, 5 attempted murders and 2 private properties were burnt down during the protests. MK
#PhilippiProtest The City's JP Smith says this weeks protest in Philippi East will cost at least R18 million to repair damages. MK
#PhilippiProtest SAPS, Metro Police & traffic officials deployed to Philippi this morning to avoid any flare-ups. LI
#PhilippiProtest Mzuzile Mpondwana says his home has been destroyed. He says his wife warned him not to take the position as councillor. LI
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