Johannesburg Mayor, Herman Mashaba, had to rush to Rosettenville to restore peace and stability, this came after scores of community members took to street to burn down three houses and a tavern believed to be brothels and drug dens on February 5.
The community stated that they have tried to engage the police in several occasions, however, their attempt bore no fruits.
Some community members are adamant that they will continue burning the houses and taverns that are harbouring criminals and prostitutes.
It is also alleged that the houses that were burnt belongs to Nigerian foreign nationals.
Mashaba said, “According to community members, these homes are illegally occupied by Nigerian foreign nationals who run the homes as brothels and have girls as young as nine years old working as prostitutes. Many of the women in these brothels are also alleged to have no official identification documentation”.
“Some of these women who work as prostitutes told me that the brothels are supported by officers from Moffat View police station. These are serious allegations and I will be contacting the provincial police commissioner, Major General de Lange and request an urgent investigation into these claims,” added Mashaba.
Gauteng police spokesperson, Captain Mavela Masondo said, “Residents identified houses they believed belonged to drug dealers and brothel owners. They then took the furniture out of the properties and burned them. A case of malicious damage to property and public violence have been opened”.
Mashaba said The City will set up a specialised JMPD task team within the area.
Public Safety MMC, Michael Sun, pleaded with the community to refrain from taking law into their own hands.
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