Police have increased deployments to cover all the areas identified as hot spots of violence that has seen several shops being looted, burned and property being looted. Today the situation has been stabilised in parts of Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg Central, Jeppe and Cleveland policing areas. A total of 189 arrests have been effected since Sunday for criminal acts including public violence, malicious damage to property and theft. Five murders have also been reported, two in Corronationville, two in Hillbrow and one near the hostel at Jeppe
The Provincial Commissioner of Gauteng, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela is thankful to those members of the public who are coming forward with information to assist the police in dealing with the violent situations and is also assuring members of the public that no unlawful activities will be tolerated. “All our members are on the ground to deal with criminality”, adds the commissioner.
Threats of violence that have been making rounds in areas of Tshwane including Marabstad and Sunnyside has not materialised as more police deployments have been despatched to the areas. No violence has also been reported in Johannesburg and areas of Ekurhuleni.
