South Africa: Red Ants and Rubber Bullets Are the Only Service Delivery We Know, Says Brakpan Resident

11 October 2019

On Thursday residents of Mkhandla informal settlement in Brakpan protested after red ants knocked on their doors at about 3am, disconnected illegal electric connections and confiscated cables.

(Red ants is the generic term the residents use for the people acting for the municipality, usually dressed in red, who carry out evictions and disconnections.)

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