Riyaz Patel
A crowd of mostly hostel residents disrupted a speech in Johannesburg by veteran politician Mangosuthu Buthelezi who was trying to quell tensions following the recent wave of deadly riots and xenophobic attacks.
Buthelezi was heckled and had to sit down for a moment as the multitudes walked away from the stage during his speech.
This, as Police Minister Bheki Cele postponed a planned imbizo with the community, saying some indunas had to attend the annual reed dance in KwaZulu-Natal.
The imbizo is aimed at finding solutions to restoring calm in areas affected by violent crime.
A large crowd then marched menacingly through Jeppestown to Braamfontein, and then onto the CBD carrying an assortment of
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