A shack called home by the ward 90 councillor was burnt to ashes by angry residents at Vusimuzi Informal Settlement in Tembisa on Saturday last week.
The incident happened a week after residents went on a one-day strike about the lack of service delivery in the area.
In a memorandum, residents demanded that their ward councillor be removed from his position as he did nothing for them.
The residents said their ward councillor allocated RDP houses to foreigners and employed people from other areas despite the unemployment in the area.
They demanded to meet with the Ekurhuleni mayor, Clr Mondli Gungubele, concerning their demands.
On Wednesday last week, the mayor, along with members from the executive committee, responded to the call. They held a meeting with the street and ward committees at Vusimuzi Informal Settlement.
The residents reiterated their call for the ward councillor to be removed. Gungubele said he did not have the power to remove the councillor from his position.
He told residents to vote the councillor out if they were unhappy with him.
During the meeting, the police were deployed to prevent violent strikes. Tembisa SAPS spokesman, Const Tebogo Sesing, said two suspects, aged between 40 and 42, were arrested after the shack was burnt.
“The suspects were charged with arson,” he said.
