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Pretoria’s city officials just pulled off a jaw-dropping raid exposing a secret brothel, a tavern built on stolen water pipes, and a forty-three-room slum rebuilt on land already demolished two years ago. In a zero-tolerance crackdown, authorities shut down illegal operations across Bloed and Scheiding Streets, severed illegal utilities, and issued 21-day eviction notices. One site revealed hidden water theft, another a brothel on Read Avenue, while tenants paid up to 1,800 rand monthly for rooms in a structure that was legally erased — only to rise again. This isn’t just enforcement — it’s a message: no one’s above the law, and the city’s determined to break the cycle of illegal rebuilds and exploitation.

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