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Protesters torch Rustenburg mayor's house

───   16:08 Wed, 23 May 2018

Protesters torch Rustenburg mayor's house | News Article

Protesters set the house of Rustenburg Mayor Mpho Khunou alight on Wednesday afternoon, North West police have said.


"In the morning, there was a service delivery protest where they blocked the roads with burning tyres and objects," police spokesperson Sergeant Ofentse Mokgabi said.

Mokgabi said they had also torched a guesthouse and one car.

He said their demands were not known.

"The fire at the mayor's has been extinguished. I can't immediately confirm the damage."

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