Home stoned in race row

A legal row about the sale of a Khayelitsha house has blown up into a racial war, with Khayelitsha residents stoning the home of a new "coloured" neighbour.

After a protracted legal battle, teacher Adrian Adams was due to move into the house on Monday, but residents welcomed him with a stream of abuse, saying he belonged in Mitchells Plain and alleging that coloured people would bring tik into the area.

Ownership of the house has been disputed for some time, with the previous owner, Nozibele Stamper, refusing to vacate the premises to make way for Adams.

Then on Tuesday night the animosity erupted into violence after a crowd of residents gathered outside the D-section house in support of Stamper.

A crowd of about 400 had gathered and the house's windows had been shattered by stones.

The mob threatened two security guard Adams had hired to watch the house.

The crowd then jeered at a dozen police officers who tried to disperse them peacefully.

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