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Public transport infrastructure worth R8m burnt during Dunoon protests

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Two trucks were also set alight on Monday during protests over land and housing.Over the weekend, a MyCiTi station and two busses were destroyed in Dunoon.

Dunoon ward councillor Lubabalo Makeleni said that the recent protests were about land and housing. He said residents living adjacent to the land earmarked for government’s COVID-19 dedensification project wanted to occupy the homes and land.Makeleni said he tried to explain that to the community.Mayco member for Safety and Security JP Smith said the infrastructure that was destroyed in Dunoon was replaced many times.

“This is a crisis everywhere, land invasions are such a crisis but where violent protest action seeks to punish the police and the state for upholding the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act,” Smith said.

 

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