Violence erupted in Happy Valley on Wednesday when backyard dwellers erected burning barricades across a main road after Cape Town law enforcement officers fired rubber bullets at them.
Angry about their long wait for houses and about news that others would get preference, the backyarders invaded a piece of land in their area near Blue Downs on Monday.
They have since been involved in a stand-off with officers who crushed the invasion.
On Wednesday the officers opened fire after the backyarders had again invaded the land.
Residents responded by heading towards Wimbledon Road where they burnt tyres and barricaded the road.
Angry about their long wait for houses and about news that others would get preference, the backyarders invaded a piece of land in their area near Blue Downs on Monday.
They have since been involved in a stand-off with officers who crushed the invasion.
On Wednesday the officers opened fire after the backyarders had again invaded the land.
Residents responded by heading towards Wimbledon Road where they burnt tyres and barricaded the road.
- Cape Times
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