Sasolburg radio station burnt down

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 Sasolburg's community radio station Karabo FM has been
deliberately burnt down, board chairman Sam Mkhwanazi said on
Sunday.

"Two armed men covering their faces went into the studio carrying 25 litres of petrol. They sprinkled it around and set the
place alight on Saturday night," he said.

He said the two ordered the presenter out of the studio before setting the building on fire at 9pm.

"We do not know why the burnt [down] the station. The whole building had been destroyed. Our hard work of five years was
destroyed in two minutes."

He said the station had a normal relationship with residents in Sasolburg and he could not understand why people opted to burnt it down.

"People loved the station, it is a great loss to us," he said.
Free State police were not immediately available for comment.
Sapa