GOVERNMENT says a total of 757 people have been arrested in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal amid ongoing violence and rampant looting in the two provinces.
The police said more arrests are ongoing and the instigators behind the ongoing violence and looting would not be spared.
At least 45 have been killed in both Gauteng (19) and KwaZulu-Natal (26), according to latest information from the police.
The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) on Tuesday welcomed the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in support of the operations of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in all the affected areas in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that “these will be augmented by the SAPS’s measures being put in place to call up operational members from leave and rest-days to increase the presence of law enforcement personnel on the ground.”
The widespread looting followed the imprisonment of former
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