‘We are living in the danger zone’

After a teen was stabbed to death, teachers and parents set about stamping out the violence

Khutsong residents are celebrating in the wake of the brutal killings of alleged gang members.

Khutsong residents say they are at the mercy of gang members who control the streets, high on drugs.

The police, community and ward forums all failed Khutsong – and then it exploded.

Research shows that communities take the law into their own hands when they feel let down.

Khutsong residents say they had to resort to killing and necklacing six alleged gangsters because police have done nothing to stop crime in the area.

The police minister has slammed those involved in the killing of six people in Khutsong, saying the alleged gangsters’ murders were "unacceptable".

They had to haul some members out of shebeens at an ANC meeting in Khutsong, but at least they got to nominate their candidates.

Spectators at an ANC rally in Khutsong on Sunday made no bones about why they thought Gauteng Premier Paul Mashatile came to address them.

Khutsong, in the Merafong municipality, will be relocated from the North West by the end of March, said Gauteng Premier Paul Mashatile on Sunday.

Khutsong residents may have to vote in North West if Parliament doesn’t finalise in time legislation facilitating the township’s relocation.

The African National Congress is in a ”legislative process” to reincorporate Merafong municipality, currently in North West province, into Gauteng.

The township of Khutsong is expected to get its wish to be returned to Gauteng province when the ANC and the SACP meet community leaders this weekend.

The Khutsong dispute will be discussed at a meeting between the ANC NEC and the party’s Gauteng and North West structures on Tuesday.

No decision was reached about the future of Merafong at a meeting between an ANC delegation and the Merafong Demarcation Forum on Wednesday.

A tense meeting between an ANC delegation and leaders of the Merafong Demarcation Forum was under way in Khutsong on Wednesday.

The Constitutional Court on Friday refused the Khutsong community’s bid to be reincorporated into Gauteng from North West.

A group of Khutsong pupils allegedly set a classroom and storeroom alight after dissatisfaction over the exam timetable, North West police said on Monday.

Representatives of learners in Khutsong on Friday urged pupils to go back to school. ”We will try by all means to make sure that learners are at school on Monday and that…