A disaster is unfolding and the mainstream media is, as usual, silent because those they champion started it. A protest action in Hertzogville on Sunday 18 October led to the destruction of at least 100,000 hectares of grazing and agricultural land and the deaths of countless livestock and wildlife. The protest by the residents of Tokologo, the black township outside the town, was over the brackish taste of drinking water. They tried to set the JoJo water tanks on fire in strong winds. Tires were also set on fire in the stormy wind on the R708, to protest the ANC municipality’s poor handling of the problem. Sadly however, the willful irresponsibility of the radicalised protesters, led to the destruction of many farmers’ livestock and veld.
17 people were arrested and appeared in Hertzogville court and were given bail of R1,000 each, however the fires are still raging. In districts such as Hoopstad, Bultfontein, Dealesville and Boshoff, farmers and laborers
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