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Man pulls down late father's house, sells bricks for R5
10 Apr 2015 at 06:41hrs | Views
A Figtree man shocked the community after he pulled down his late father's four roomed house and sold bricks for a song.
The man vowed to uproot the foundation and take part of it to South Africa.
Thomas Masango (33) neatly brought down the house on Good Friday last week and sold each brick for R5.
Apparently, his father was in arrears in paying the loan he took to build the house.
Bambanani Co-operative spokesperson, Broken Mdlongwa said Masango arrived at the house unannounced and hastlty demolished the house and later sold the bricks.
"A dispute erupted after 11 members of the housing cooperative stormed into Masango's residence demanding $800 upfront as the co-operative had contributed towards the construction of the house.
"However, Masango did not back down claiming they were not going to understand what he was doing," Mdlongwa told B-Metro.
Thomas Masango said he demolished the house because he had no relatives in the country and was the only child.
"What I did was only the beginning of more things to come. I will come very soon to uproot the foundation of the house and take it with me to Johannesburg as I have no relative left in this country," he vowed.
The man vowed to uproot the foundation and take part of it to South Africa.
Thomas Masango (33) neatly brought down the house on Good Friday last week and sold each brick for R5.
Apparently, his father was in arrears in paying the loan he took to build the house.
Bambanani Co-operative spokesperson, Broken Mdlongwa said Masango arrived at the house unannounced and hastlty demolished the house and later sold the bricks.
"A dispute erupted after 11 members of the housing cooperative stormed into Masango's residence demanding $800 upfront as the co-operative had contributed towards the construction of the house.
"However, Masango did not back down claiming they were not going to understand what he was doing," Mdlongwa told B-Metro.
Thomas Masango said he demolished the house because he had no relatives in the country and was the only child.
"What I did was only the beginning of more things to come. I will come very soon to uproot the foundation of the house and take it with me to Johannesburg as I have no relative left in this country," he vowed.
Source - B-Metro
