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Police appeared to be losing the battle to regain control of marauding mobs in Kagiso,on the West Rand, as violence escalated with acts of vigilantism after a week of heightened law enforcement crackdowns on illegal mining activities.
Police retaliated with rubber bullets after Kagiso residents threw rocks at them in a standoff on Randfontein Road, one of the major routes in the area that had been blockaded as part of a protest against illegal mining on Thursday.