Buses for scrap as Mamelodi cashes in on #TshwaneProtests

22 June 2016 - 16:08
By Neo Goba And Penwell Dlamini

Residents of Mamelodi East are cashing in on the buses that have been burnt by protesters. Twenty buses were set alight on Monday night during protest action against the announcement of ANC mayoral candidate Thoko Didiza for the upcoming local government elections. Mothers‚ fathers and children as young as five years old took the day off from work and school on Wednesday to feast on the resultant scrap metal and parts next to Stanza Bopabe Clinic‚ using hammers to "unlock the value" amid the d...

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