Rosettenville on edge as residents torch alleged drug dealers homes

On Saturday in Rosettenville,South Africa, 10 homes were set alight as residents claimed they were being used as brothels and as hideouts for drug lords (allegedly Nigerians). South Africa's home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba’s visited Rosettenville today. However, Rosettenville residents are not impressed and they felt that Gigaba's visit meant nothing.

An angry resident lamented "Just like the police’s presence, it would have no effect". “They come and arrest the guys and the same day they are out. Something must happen, because they do nothing. It is either the police station must burn or I don’t know,” 

A 55-year-old woman had been living in Rosettenville since 2002 claimed that police were friends with the Nigerians in the area.

“They [police] come here and then they have drinks with the Nigerians. We have been reporting crime for many years. We are sick and tired of the Nigerians and the police.”

Community members held placards that read: “Drugs has no place in our community”.