{"id":238226,"date":"2020-03-18T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/238226\/rumours-lead-to-community-barricading-roads\/"},"modified":"2020-03-18T11:20:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T09:20:05","slug":"rumours-lead-to-community-barricading-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/03\/18\/rumours-lead-to-community-barricading-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumours lead to community barricading roads"},"content":{"rendered":"

The community of the Makause informal settlement barricaded Pretoria and Main Reef roads last Friday with stones and burning tyres.<\/p>\n

The incident took place at about 6.30am.<\/p>

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\u201cAccording to information received, the community unrest started on Thursday night after people heard rumours that one of the men who was arrested in 2018 on a charge of possession of an unlawful firearm was released from prison.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe firearm had belonged to the late community leader Jomo Ngwenya,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose SAPS.<\/p>

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\u201cIt is alleged that the community was so furious that they went to demolish his shack and those of his relatives in Makause informal settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then on Friday morning, the community also damaged vehicles of passing motorists after blocking the roads.<\/p>\n

The Primrose police and EMPD members on the scene cleared the rubble and tyres from the roads at about 8am so that motorists could once again use the roads.<\/p>\n

The community members marched to the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court as twin brothers were appearing for a spate of robberies which had occurred in Makause.<\/p>\n

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