WATCH Cape Flats Community Burn Homes Where Tazne Was Hidden

Chanting ‘genoeg is genoeg’ (enough is enough) the residents of the Cape Flats have risen up Friday morning to fight back against the crime in their area, the latest being the tragic death of 8-year-old Tazne van Wyk. At the time of publishing, four homes in the Cape Flats had been torched by citizens who feel their government is no long protecting the children and residents of their area.

This morning the suspect in Tazne’s murder, Moyhdian Pangarker (54), a neighbour of the child who was out on parole, was charged with the little girl’s murder. She was found dead in a stormwater pipe outside Worcester on Wednesday evening, almost two weeks since she went missing.

The devastated and angry crowd outside Goodwood Magistrate’s Court threatened to take action… and followed through.

A house at 40 Parow Street was torched first, as well as another around the corner. Both were allegedly ‘drug dens’ and assisted the accused murderer in hiding Tazne from the first day, while the country was searching for her.

By the time of publishing another two homes had been “fire bombed”. In videos posted by a local resident, Ashley Rix, angry protestors could be seen trying to break into the shop of one of the houses, while people were seen at a window, still in the house.

Female activists were filmed, being cheered on by the crowd – some wearing ‘Action for Justice’ t-shirts, as they called “enough is enough”. One pointed out that while the Government argues over changing the constitution for land rights, it should be focusing on implementing the rights already in the constitution such as every child having the right to feel safe and protected. “We are not feeling that,” she said.

“Don’t confuse civil disobedience with xenophobia…. Ons is gatvol.”

She said the justice system fails the Coloured community daily.

The four houses torched were allegedly drug dens. They were also apparently owned by foreign nationals. The third was a lodge notorious for having prostitutes and engaging in ‘criminal activities’, according to Rix.

A woman wearing black said: “We are not going to stop. This is just the beginning” and stressed: “Don’t confuse civil disobedience with xenophobia…. Ons is gatvol.”

One woman described the local police as being like toilet paper that needed to be flushed down the toilet because “that’s the shame they’ve become”.

The activists said there has been an “absence of intelligence in this country” and that the “Coloured community is taking back what belongs to us”.

The South African Police Service has urged the public to refrain from taking the law into their own hands.

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