JOHANNESBURG – Following protests in Alexandra, Vereeniging and Bekkersdal in the past week, police say that they will continue to deploy officers in the area to restore and maintain law and order.
As law enforcement continue to monitor the unrest in townships around Gauteng from the past week, the police's Kay Makhubele said that units remain on high alert. “We’ve deployed the police in places where there are protests and police have been deployed in Vereeniging, Alexandra and everywhere where there’s a protest. The police are there to make sure that law and order is maintained.”
On Tuesday, police fired rubber bullets at protesters in Bekkersdal after looting in the community began in the late afternoon.They said that if their demands are not met they will continue to protest and won't take to the polls for elections next month.
The only way I am ever voting anc is if they'd tied me up in the booth and put a mark on my ballot paper themselves. What they did and continue to do to this country is unforgivable.