Held hostage with an axe and beaten by a group of men, a soldier turned subsistence farmer has relived the horror which unfolded in his Braakenfontein Oos home in the Rocklands area.
Rocklands residents are living in fear after a spate of crimes in the area, the latest of which saw an elderly couple attacked on their smallholding over the weekend.
Their move to take their service delivery woes to the mayoral petition office at City Hall in solidarity with the St Albans informal settlement community was the first small victory for Rocklands, residents have said.
Frustrated with the state of roads in their area, Rocklands farmers have threatened to take to the streets in protest. In a strongly worded email, the farmers have requested that traffic warning signs be put up, that a speed bump be erected in front of Ankervas Primary School, that heavy vehicles be rerouted and that roads be repaired.