"We immediately alerted the Red Ants to remove the illegal structures from the farm, which lies next to the new multimillion-rand Heineken brewery," said the mayor.
He said the illegal invaders' actions were supported by the Sedibeng District Municipality, which provided container homes. When the local council tried to intervene by deploying the Red Ants, they were stopped by the police. Residents of Pielie's Farm said the protest came after 20 families were evicted by the Red Ants from Beers Farm, 5km up the road, a month ago. The Red Ants specialise in evicting people. The actions are violent and they often kill any opposition. The families were moved to another ward but were chased away by local residents who accused them of being there to steal their houses.
The families were dumped at Pielie's Farm last week.
Source: IoL
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