Arsonist sets three houses on fire

Monday, May 18, 2015

Forty- seven year- old Atameleng Rakgati lost all three of her houses to a fire caused by a gun- wielding man. Rakgati, her children and grandchildren are now staying a tent

Residents of Dikgonnye, a settlement 25 kilometres out of Rasesa village in the Kgatleng District, were reeling in shock and disbelief after one of their own was left homeless.

Forty-seven-year-old Atameleng Rakgati lost all three of her houses to a fire caused by a gun-wielding man days after the mourning period for her late husband came to an end.

Narrating the details of that fateful day, Rakgati cannot stop thanking God that no one was hurt or burnt alive during the incident.

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Arsonist sets three houses on fire

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