THE racial tensions in Phoenix, Durban, have claimed the lives of 15 people, Police Minister Bheki Cele says.
The tensions were triggered by the ongoing business lootings and public violence that swept KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in the past week.
Cele, who visited the area on Wednesday evening, said racial tensions have characterised the unrest and the community’s efforts to protect their neighbourhood from looting.
With the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to assist the police to restore law and order, Cele expressed confidence that safety in area will improve.
“While the situation is not ideal at all and there are ugly scenes playing out on the streets of Phoenix, the racial direction that these unrests are taking must be arrested speedily,” he said.
The Ministry in the statement expressed concern at the mass business lootings in Mobeni, in the South of Durban, by hundreds of people
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