Business owners in troubled Diepsloot have had to get by with little earnings this week as violent protests engulfed the township in northern Johannesburg. Blocking of roads, closing of businesses and destroying of stalls belonging to street vendors had become common this week as the community took to the streets to protest over high crime volumes in the area.
Diepsloot crime-fighter John Makola left his family at home on Monday night last week after he received a frantic call from a shop owner who heard people banging on his door, shortly after locking up.