Red Ants at Work in Johannesburg, Stunning House Bulldozed: "This Is So Heartbreaking"

Red Ants at Work in Johannesburg, Stunning House Bulldozed: "This Is So Heartbreaking"

  • Red Ants members bulldozed a stunning house in Lehae, South of Johannesburg after it was presumably built illegally
  • The action was captured in a video with the community people standing around while the guys took the house down
  • The online community reacted to the video, with many expressing their sadness over the situation

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A stunning house in Johannesburg was bulldozed by Red Ants.
A beautiful home was demolished in Johannesburg. Images: @mandisa_mageba/ TikTok, @Xavier Lorenzo/ Getty Images
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A video of a house in Lehae, South of Johannesburg was captured in a TikTok video being bulldozed.

In a TikTok clip uploaded by @mandisa_mageba, the people of Lehae are seen standing around while Red Ant members are tearing a stunning house down. It is not clear what happened but it is presumed that the people of that property were occupying the space or building illegally.

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The house was nearly done. One could only imagine the pain of the property owners, given that the crib also looked like someone was building it with love and spent a lot of money.

Red Ants bulldoze a stunning house

Watch the TikTok video below:

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Netizens expressed their sadness over the video

The video garnered over two million views, with many online users expressing their shock.

@Ntombi2Sibiya said:

"This is what they did to me, I will never heal😥"

@Nonkoc omuhle shared:

"This was what happened to me 2020, till today I feel pain, I won't heal even after 10 years."

@tkenneth7000 wrote:

"This thing of EFF saying people should just occupy any land is going to cost many people."

@Makgale Moswane commented:

"It's painful. As desperate as we are and being misled by people selling stands and us not doing proper research."

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@Mabongy447 was hurt:

"So painful."

@lwaanele🎀 was heartbroken:

"Yho, the money the person spent there😟💔"

@Dimakatso_Thameng said:

"This is so heartbreaking 💔😭😔"

Woman flexes R2 million house in rural area

In another story, Briefly News reported about a woman who shared her journey of building a R2 million house in South Africa's rural area.

@MamaDee Builds a House shared photos of the unfinished home on Facebook. In one of her Facebook posts, she gave her social media followers an idea of what the house will have. It will have five bathrooms, a spacious foyer, a living room, a main kitchen and five bedrooms with walk-in closets, to name a few.

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Sinothando Siyolo (Editor) Sinothando Siyolo is a Human Interest Writer at Briefly News. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the University of Cape Town (UCT), with majors in Media and Writing, Politics and Governance. Before joining Briefly, Sinothando worked as a Content Producer for Hibari Media and as a News Content Producer for The South African (TSA). He has the ability to write across various sections - News, Human Interest, Politics, Entertainment, and Business. He joined Briefly in 2023. You can contact Sinothando at s2pinyana@gmail.com