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Furious Pikoko residents protest over service delivery, police on scene

Residents are destroying the chemical toilets due to a lack of service delivery at the settlement.

Residents of the Pikoko informal settlement near Muldersdrift are furious due to a lack of service delivery and non-maintenance of their chemical toilets.

They took out their frustrations on the toilets by tipping them over and setting them alight.

One of the chemical toilets on fire.
Residents burn their chemical toilets in protest.

The Krugersdorp News is currently on the scene on Abraham van Wyk Road, where the road is blocked by a melted toilet. Police are also on the scene, attempting to calm down the residents.

Police are currently on the scene.

The News will keep readers informed if more information comes to light.

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Clinton Botha

For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.
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