Calm was yesterday restored in two warring Cape Town communities after a bloody weekend that left four people dead. There was still a heavy police presence yesterday afternoon, and some streets were blockaded with rocks and concrete. Police rolled out barbed wire in sections of Symphony Road in Philippi East to prevent further violent attacks.Burnt tyres and broken traffic lights were the only other evidence of the "war".The residents of Lower Crossroads and Marikana had been at each other's throats since Thursday, when a service delivery protest sparked by electricity disconnections turned violent, leading to the burning down of shacks and houses, including that of ward councillor Mzuzile Mpondwana.Western Cape police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Traut said the situation in Marikana was under control but tense.Mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith said the damage to municipal property was estimated at R18-million.He said when the community invaded the land they were told they were not going to get services because it was private land.Meanwhile, the city council has decided to call on its 221 councillors to donate money for Mpondwana to rebuild his house.Council speaker Dirk Smit said the council's insurance would also pay an amount. This is part of the cover for all councillors which pays out in such incidents and in the event of their death.Mpondwana said he understood the incidents were sparked by disconnected electricity. Residents of Lower Crossroads had complained they had not had power for two weeks, and he called Eskom.It emerged the outage had been caused by an exploded electricity box owing to illegal connections by residents of Marikana.Lower Crossroads residents had then started disconnecting the cables, leading to the violent protest.Mpondwana said a young boy came to his house saying he had been sent to tell him the Marikana residents would torch his house."They took my laptop and my tablets and then burnt it down. I was left only with the clothes I was wearing. "..