Zithobeni is a township situated in Gauteng, South Africa, just north of Bronkhorstspruit and south-west of Ekangala. In South Africa, the term township usually refers to the (often underdeveloped) urban residential areas that, under Apartheid, were reserved for non-whites (Africans, Coloureds and Indians) who lived near or worked in areas that were designated white-only. Soweto (actually a group of townships) and Alexandra are two of... Categories: South Africa stubs | Provinces of South Africa | Gauteng Province ... Bronkhorstspruit is a small farming town 50km east of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa along the N4 highway towards Witbank. ...
He said the seven people arrested after protests, during which a police inspector was injured and three police cars damaged.
The residents of Zithobeni and Rethabiseng townships were reportedly angry over plans to integrate their area into Mpumalanga and have declared a stayaway on Wednesday.
The residents went on the rampage on Monday after a community meeting attended by about 500 people in the town hall at 20:00.
His friend, Pieter de Beer, 67, was with him at the Vlakfontein farm on Sunday night when armed intruders beat them up.
Five illegal immigrants have been arrested and most of the goods stolen from the farmhouse were recovered from the nearby Zithobeni informal settlement.
Four Mozambicans and a Zimbabwean, aged between 20 and 34, were expected to appear in Bronkhorstspruit magistrate's court on charges of murder and robbery, said Sebola.
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