Looting and burning of shops aimed at tarnishing SA’s Image, says Mapisa-Nqakula

Staff Reporter

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has appealed for calm in Alexandra following acts of violence and looting of shops suspected to be owned by foreign nationals.

Makhura, accompanied by Gauteng Community Safety MEC Faith Mazibuko and the provincial police commissioner Elias Mawela, visited the township following horrific acts of violence that have engulfed parts of Gauteng in the past few days.

““We are calling for calm. Nobody should take the law into their own hands. These are very well organised criminal syndicates because you can see the kind of stuff they use to break into the shops. I want to repeat this cannot be justified by unemployment or people who are unhappy. This can’t be justified. We are a self-respecting democracy,” Makhura said Makhura.

Meanwhile, the SABC reports that Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has said the looting and burning