{"id":266586,"date":"2025-09-25T10:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/?p=266586"},"modified":"2025-09-25T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:49:00","slug":"town-two-clinic-torched-amid-marikana-protests-over-service-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/town-two-clinic-torched-amid-marikana-protests-over-service-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Town Two Clinic torched amid Marikana protests over service delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Town Two Clinic has temporarily been closed after incensed Marikana informal settlement residents allegedly set it alight on Monday 22 September. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The circumstances that led to the incident remain unknown, but a local community leader believes service delivery unhappiness triggered the residents&#8217; actions. The protesters reportedly set the storage facility alight and burnt tyres outside the facility&#8217;s main entrance.                  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extent of damage is also unclear. When City Vision visited the area in the aftermath of the fire, residents refused to speak and referred us to their leaders. Gates to the facility were locked. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Cape Town could not confirm the amount of damage and how long it would take to get the facility working again. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ward 93 councillor <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/town-two-shack-fire-leaves-over-150-homeless-residents-plead-for-housing\/\">Thando Pimpi<\/a> told City Vision he does not know what the residents are protesting for. He said he received a phone call at about 23:00 regarding the clinic being on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know exactly what the protest is for. But I suspect it was about electricity because they were complaining about it. 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