Motorists who were attacked by riotous\u00a0residents in Nancefield, Soweto, have told of their harrowing experience at the hands of a black mob that pelted them with bricks.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday night, a female motorist got lost after dropping off a friend she attends church with and found herself in the middle of a violent mob.<\/p>\n
In another case, a brick from the crowd hit the driver on the shoulder and someone punched him through the vehicle\u2019s broken window.<\/p>\n
Patrick Dama said he also felt someone trying to drag him out of the vehicle.<\/p>\n
Dama and his passengers escaped, but his taxi, which was his only source of income, was torched.\u00a0The protesters shattered his dreams.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did not do anything to them. We are not Eskom, we are just people who were coming from work,\u201d the heartbroken man said.<\/p>\n
Dama was travelling with three clients when he saw rocks on the road, but he did not think much of it.<\/p>\n
He then saw people gathered further along the road and reversed.<\/p>\n
Dama was suddenly attacked by people who had been hiding in the bushes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just heard a brick hitting the windscreen and another one shattering my windscreen,\u201d said Dama.<\/p>\n
He said the minibus could not get into gear when he reversed. It stalled, and he and his passengers ran for it.<\/p>\n
They met up with police, who accompanied them back to the vehicle, but it was gone.<\/p>\n
The following morning, Dama found that his vehicle had been torched.<\/p>\n
He looked at its charred remains with a heavy heart.<\/p>\n
\u201cI made a living with it. It was not insured because I did not have enough money. I had spent a long time looking for a job, that is why I started this transport business with my uncle. This is a messed-up situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A Pretoria resident got lost in the Nancefield area after dropping off a friend at the University of Johannesburg campus.<\/p>\n
She was driving on a dark road that was barricaded with rocks when she heard people shouting.<\/p>\n
Her car was pelted with rocks and bricks, but she\u00a0drove on, hitting debris on the road.<\/p>\n
Finally, she hit the pavement, two tyres burst, the car veered out of control and stopped. She got out and started running.<\/p>\n
Police officers and a passer-by helped her.<\/p>\n
According to Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela, in another incident, two men were taken out of their smashed-up vehicles and stripped to their underwear by the protesters, who also took their phones.<\/p>\n
Source: IOL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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