This follows an incident in which two men, believed to be members of a notorious gang that terrorised communities in the Blood River and Mmotong villages, were beaten by residents.

Known as the West Side, the gang of mostly young boys would attack people during parties at their homes and rob them of their belongings. They would also attack people walking outside at night.

On Sunday night Mmotong community members went in search of the gang members. They allegedly caught up with two men believed to be members of the gang. The men were attacked with an assortment of objects and left for dead. They were rescued by the police, who took them to a hospital.

"We are calling on community members to exercise restraint and allow police officers to execute their duties," Seshego police spokesman Warrant Officer Mothemane Malefo said.

Two other men arrested in connection with the spate of terror by alleged gang members appeared in the Seshego Magistrate's Court yesterday.

The two, Daniel Masekela, 24, and Terrence Setwaba, 20, were arrested on Sunday after a community member, who claimed to have been mugged by them, pointed them out to police.

- frankm@sowetan.co.za

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Aug 29, 2012

Gusheshe

Mr Mothemane Malefo Sir your colleques are not doing their work properly hence the community resorting to mob justice. whitnin a week those scumbags would released claiming there is no case against them
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Aug 29, 2012

Serene

hang on...what do the cops do when this cases are reported to them??,,,,they go and deman money frm the thugs and leave them alone....some are even their friends they drink together....
you must appeal to your cops first
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Aug 29, 2012

seutullamakunutu

@sowetan Motong wa perekisi ( Hill of peaches ) and Blood river is not Seshego, and remeber Seshego is Polokwana same as you adress Soweto as Jo'burg not near Jo'burg.
Community must sort the criminals cause they see these thugs smoking dagga with police. Once had Nigerian tenants on our street, known to be drug dealers, police van was seen every day without failure going to buy drugs. The syndicate was dismandled by a convoy of policemen from Tshwane ( black and white ). The corruption starts at police station.
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Aug 29, 2012

Obeleki

A ba fagolwe
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Aug 30, 2012

Kgaoza606

Parents must stop protecting their criminal children and report them to police if they know of their involvement in violent attacks, otherwise mob-justice will sort them out and they'll be buried young. Police must also shift their focus a little frm easy targets like public drinkers and focus more on real criminals, unless if they too are criminals in uniforms...
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Aug 30, 2012

Maphiri

The police must do something to assist the Comminity cs they suffer from this thugs or else the Community will do what they are doing now.
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Aug 30, 2012

S'khaole

Go to Marabastad and see the Police on their vans collecting lunch money from those gambling dice during daylight. Corruption at its Best in Pretoria.
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Aug 30, 2012

Papage

Police are useless, especially the Seshego police
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Sep 9, 2012

Concent

Seshego police, I salute you for your excellent work! The police is doing they work people please. I saw it on numerous times. The police are always there with more than four vans to catch this thugs in Mmotong and Blood river. The problem lies with the judge who give them bail of R500.00 and a little fine than we back to square one. Community members do a great job by solving the problem permanently. The only solution is for the government to build things like entertainment centres, so that this kids can participate in numerous functions such as dancing, music, sports facilities etc. The same kids you talk about, has got talents. Help them to find it. Government should sponsor and help with funds to keep this kids busy. They are board because there is no other things to do. They think it is fun. Believe me, there is more caster's in that area. You should see how fast they can run from a police van chasing them. Don't put all the blame on this kids.
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