No arrests have yet been made and outraged residents feel the community is been side-lined while murders continue to escalate.
A funeral service is under way for two children who were found murdered in the township last week.
The children, aged six and eight, were last seen walking home from a hair salon on Friday night.
The community in the south of Joburg held a prayer service in the afternoon at the spot where the bodies of the six-year-old boy and eight-year-old girl were found.
The bodies of the children aged six and eight were discovered after they went missing on Friday.
Some parts of Orange Farm have gone without electricity for months after a power transformer exploded. The affected residents have revealed how the lack of power has affected their quality of life in an already struggling community.
Several areas have been without power for months, while others have been in the dark for over a year.
The little girl’s body was found in a bin in Lakeview, south of Johannesburg last week.
She is the second woman to be dumped in the south of Joburg this week. Just a few days ago, the mutilated body of another woman was found stuffed in a bag on the side of the Golden Highway.
The community is frustrated about the lack of water and electricity in their area, saying they've been without the basic services for more than a month now.
Gauteng law enforcement agencies conducted a COVID-19 lockdown regulations enforcement operation targeting Orange Farm and Evaton, south of Johannesburg on Thursday morning. The operation started from the taxi rank and proceeded to Eyethu Mall in Orange Farm and later to Evaton Mall.
There’ve been numerous complaints that residents of Orange Farm and nearby Evaton are openly defying the law, risking the spread of coronavirus infections.
The child’s grandmother reported him missing on Wednesday morning and police found his body at the liquor outlet hours later.
The technicians were called to power stations in Sebokeng and Orange Farm on Thursday following a power outage as a result of illegal connections.
Eskom says a transformer was overloaded by residents who connected themselves to the network and vandalised infrastructure.
A legal advice centre, recycling project, creche and a food garden are some of the things this Orange Farm hero has sustained with little help. This is why Gladys Mokolo is a hero to her neighbours.
A legal advice centre, recycling project, creche and a food garden are some of the things this Orange Farm hero has sustained with little help. This is why Gladys Mokolo is a hero to her neighbours.
