{"id":9981,"date":"2013-09-04T07:31:55","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T07:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=9981"},"modified":"2013-09-04T07:31:55","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T07:31:55","slug":"cars-burn-at-spring-day-music-explosion-after-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=9981","title":{"rendered":"Cars burn at Spring Day Music Explosion after song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bunduburn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9982\" alt=\"bunduburn\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bunduburn-300x191.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bunduburn-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bunduburn.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Spring Day Music Explosion started with a long list of some of the country\u2019s top musicians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The festival welcoming spring turned into a disaster when a fire broke out and a number of cars were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ten cars where confirmed by the emergency services to have burnt down at the Bundu Inn Music Explosion in Pretoria this weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tshwane emergency services spokesman Johan Pieterse could not say what caused the blaze.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Since there are no witnesses we are unable to fully confirm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter has been in a frenzy about the blaze.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some tweets stated that DJ Tira played the song Umlilo (Fire) by Big Nuz which got the izikhothane (show-offs) to burn their cars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While many South Africans go to bed on empty stomachs, members of a growing youth culture, izikhothane, are often seen tearing and throwing away R100 notes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The group, which usually destroys expensive clothes to seal their standing in a trend, recently splashed the money on the streets of Braamfontein, Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was pandemonium as people ran after the cars trying to catch the flying torn notes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Des Motloutsi, one of the people who managed to catch a few pieces which he managed to put together with tape, said izikhothane sported expensive clothes and jewellery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I could not believe what was happening. Notes were flying all over and people were pushing each other while catching the money. Izikhothane were also spilling expensive liquor,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some had already pieced together R500, while other pieces did not match.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This morning, we took the money to the Reserve Bank but they told us that the serial numbers did not correspond. Some of the pieces that we picked up don&#8217;t match.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spring Day Music Explosion started with a long list of some of the country\u2019s top musicians. The festival welcoming spring turned into a disaster when a fire broke out and a number of cars were destroyed. 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