This follows a violent weekend in the area.
Reports have intimated that the R558 near Emdeni Link Road has been blocked, with Main Road and the R559 towards Randfontein also affected.
No entry or exit at Protea Glen, no police on site, this can't be life! pic.twitter.com/sBZ2ZOAbo5— Nolundi Matomane (@NolundiMatomane) May 7, 2018
Police extended in the area say community members have blocked the roads to protect their homes from the land grabbers.
Police fire teargas.#ProteaGlen land invasions. pic.twitter.com/WoMnZVGccV— Lirandzu Themba (@LirandzuThemba) May 6, 2018
My people in Protea Glen are trying to assist government with land reform. They have identified vacant land where they want to build their own homes. #LandExpropriation pic.twitter.com/QjJpifmgEU— #SinuousLinesDesign (@Sentletse) May 5, 2018
Police are demolishing shacks, but those construction shacks say they have permission to live there.
Defiance all round as police gather and move in with no clear visible action as to what they’ll do next. #ProteaGlen pic.twitter.com/YQRcDlPHgw— Lirandzu Themba (@LirandzuThemba) May 6, 2018
Source:eNCA
