House harbouring drug users angers residents of Dobsonville Gardens
They say the house in question had become problematic for residents who were worried about the acts of criminality unfolding.
Frustrated residents of Dobsonville Gardens called an urgent meeting pertaining to a house on Azalia Street.
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They say the house in question had become problematic for residents who were worried about the acts of criminality unfolding.
Residents allege that Nhlanhla Mkhabela, has turned his late parents’ house into a stash house, sheltering thieves and drug users.
The elder sister, Neo Mkhabela told Urban News it has been hard watching her home get stripped to bare which was a source of income for them.
According to Neo, after their parents’ passed on, the siblings agreed to rent out the main house while Nhlanhla would occupy one of the backrooms but tenants always complained about constant harassment and loud noise.
“The reason I went to Diepkloof was to make space for tenants in order for us to make an income but the first thing he did was vandalize the backroom and sold everything to buy drugs.
“He went away but came back and started living in the main house after the tenants moved out due to his behaviour.”
Her brother, Nhlanhla who smokes crystal meth allegedly removed all electrical wiring and plugs, door handles, taps and parts of the ceiling.
“The community has been calling me, informing me of everything. They hide stolen goods here, they have turned it into a drug den where people also come to have intercourse so that he can get money to smoke,” she said.
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Neo, who currently stays at her grans house in Diepkloof, said she had two daughters who she could no longer bring to her parent’s home due to safety concerns.
“The community must close down this house and when I have money for repairs I will come back,” said the 38-year-old first born. “I can’t watch it fall apart because our parents worked hard.
“I have two daughters and I am worried what will happen to them if the place we should be calling home is destroyed.”
Residents who took turns raising their concerns, agreed with Neo that the house needed to be closed down to prevent any further criminal activity.
“It’s been four to six month and we are fed up. The CPF asked us that we reach a consensus as a community and with the family, and now that we are all here, there is a resolution to close the house.
“We can’t let this go on further,” resident B Mahlangu said.
Residents said they feared that a dead body would be found in the house due to the constant fights and disruptive incidents of violence.
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They immediately began contributing money to weld all entry points into the house as part of the intervention.
“We are glad we have the sister’s permission because the boys that come into that yard, we don’t know them, and they don’t stay here which worries us.
“We don’t want them here, because that house is full of people, some carrying stuff out. We’ve been pleading with him but we are afraid that we will get hurt or a dead body is going to come out of that house,” Neighbour Mariah Bodibe added.
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