{"id":915752,"date":"2022-01-12T19:58:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T19:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/12\/gunmen-kill-five-security-guards-at-joburg-waste-depot\/"},"modified":"2022-01-12T19:58:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T19:58:50","slug":"gunmen-kill-five-security-guards-at-joburg-waste-depot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/12\/gunmen-kill-five-security-guards-at-joburg-waste-depot\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kill five security guards at Joburg waste depot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2872a7aa-3e72-554a-9f56-1e701c5f2c93&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=0x95&#038;resize=1800x1013.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div><!--sse--><\/p>\n<p>Rustenburg &#8211; Five security guards were killed when gunmen stormed the Pikitup depot in Devland, south of Johannesburg, the SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) in Gauteng said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Tuesday, January 11, a group of unknown men stormed the depot and shot seven security guards. Four of the workers died at the scene, while the fifth succumbed to gunshot wounds today (Wednesday). Two are still in hospital,\u201d said provincial secretary Bafana Zungu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Zungu said the union was saddened and shocked to learn of the brutal killing of workers at the Swartkoppies depot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirstly, we would like to send our sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and further wish a speedy recovery to the two workers. At this point in time, the circumstances leading to the shooting are not known. The workers were not robbed of their personal belongings nor has the city\u2019s property been stolen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said the union was concerned that workers who were supposed to protect the City of Johannesburg\u2019s infrastructure were themselves left vulnerable to attacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedArticlescss__StyledRelatedArticles-sc-10g88yu-0 ezIKFV\">\n<h2><span>MORE ON THIS<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cTo make matters worse, these workers are not provided with weapons to defend themselves and the city\u2019s property. We are therefore concerned for the safety of hundreds of security guards throughout  the city who on a daily basis ensure that the city\u2019s property is protected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge law enforcement authorities to ensure that they leave no stone unturned as they hunt and bring to justice the perpetrators of such evil deeds, which have robbed five families of a breadwinner and many children without a parent. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe further urge community members in and around Devland to work together with law enforcement authorities to ensure that these criminals are brought to book.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThese people live among us. Someone ought to know what they have done and, as such, we plead with community members to assist in the apprehension of these monsters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-724c37f1cf8cff9efb7b6672fba06061\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--\/sse--><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rustenburg &#8211; Five security guards were killed when gunmen stormed the Pikitup depot in Devland, south of Johannesburg, the SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) in Gauteng said on Wednesday. \u201cOn Tuesday, January 11, a group of unknown men stormed the depot and shot seven security guards. Four of the workers died at the scene, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}