Molepolole on fire

The workers remained defiant though and from time to time encroached into the area the police had demarcated as the boundary - a no go area for the workers.

The action by the police followed a day of chaos in the town after thousands of workers, who were joined by Kgari Sechele Secondary School students thronged the main road from the school towards Mafenyatlala Mall. Things got out of control as curious residents and passers-by decided to join mob while others watched the swarming procession. The crowd barricaded the road with stones and burnt tyres from the school, all the way to the mall.