By Mduduzi Mathebula.

ORANGE FARM. - Driezik 4 is one of the first settlements erected in Orange Farm, but when one compares this area with those surrounding it, one would never say this due to the poor state it is in.

Because of this the community took up their rights and marched along the Golden Highway for most of last week in demand of service delivery.

According to one of the fuming community members, they started to protest at 04:00 on Monday morning, resulting in the Golden Highway being closed due to stones being rolled unto the road - a clear sign that this protest was not a peaceful one.

Matters got worse when protestors threatened to burn down a local school lest local government hear their grievances. They say that their local councillor is not taking them seriously and that he does not care about them.

Police spokesperson Inspector Molefe Mokoena says that police and metro police eventually managed to calm the angry crowd down so that the road could be reopened. However, this only came after police had to use force in the form of rubber bullets to disperse the menacing masses. "We have been living in this area for the last 15 years, but other areas are developed and they have electricity, sewerage, toilets, proper roads. We still live in the wilderness," concludes a furious community member, Gugu Phungula.