Families of Hammanskraal victims speak out

Thirty one-year-old Lucky Nelushi and 43-year-old Ellias Tshabalala died during a botched eviction.

Residents, the Red Ants and the private security company the men worked for clashed on Monday.

The grieving families say government hasn't contacted them and they've received very little information from security company Majorie's Trading Enterprise.

The families say Nelushi and Tshabalala died for R150. That's the amount of money they would have earned for a day's work.

Nelushi older brother, Doctor Nelushi went to work in Hammanskraal with his brother on Monday.

He said they arrived early on site, were given reflective vests, gloves and a crowbar and told to start taking the shacks down.

Nelushi said when the violence broke out, people ran for their lives. He injured himself in the process.

After several attempts to call his brother, another person answered saying they had just killed him.

"And when I made another call he just switched off the phone and said 'don't tell me nonsense, I'm done with him'. I just started crying," Nelushi said.

Tshabalala's older brother, Sam Tshabalala said his brother died like a dog.

"I can't understand how I can lose by brother for R150. I can't, I don't understand. I can't take [accept] this story," Tshabalala said.

Tshabalala will be buried in Soshanguve on Sunday and Nelushi will be buried in Venda the following weekend.