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There are about three other communal taps in the area but they have been vandalised and no longer function.

“It’s unbearable living in Diepsloot. We are living like animals,” says mother of two

Every day Matsie Mangena from Diepsloot’s Extension 11 in Johannesburg puts her baby on her back and queues for water at one of only two working communal taps in the area. Some days she waits until mid-morning, once the crowds have subsided.

Residents of Diepsloot, one of Gauteng’s most crime-ridden areas, say they are hopeful that measures announced by premier Panyaza Lesufi to fight crime will rid their township of thuggery.

Community leaders in South Africa’s violence-prone Diepsloot township say foreigners were not involved in the shooting to death of two people in the area on Friday, almost two weeks after Zimbabwean domestic worker Elvis Nyathi’s was killed by a vigilante group. In a statement, councilors...

The protest over worsening crime and police inaction drew minister Bheki Cele to the area on Wednesday

Police minister Bheki Cele and police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola visited Diepsloot in northern Johannesburg on Wednesday as the community threatened to shut down the area and remove criminal elements on Thursday.

Police Minister Bheki Cele arrived in Diepsloot on Wednesday afternoon, where tensions are at an all-time high following allegations of several murders in the community.

Police Minister Bheki Cele has arrived in Diepsloot where he is expected to address the community on high crime levels.