PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa is currently conducting an oversight visit to violence-torn Ethekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, to assess the impact of recent public riots and the deployment of security forces on the ground.
The president is also interacting with the provincial government and security forces.
“This is what we call community engagement. I am glad that you are now cleaning the area after criminals looted and caused mayhem in our country. We are ready to defend our country and to defend our democracy. Thank you for defending our democracy and our country. We also thank the police and the soldiers who are here to defend our country,” said Ramaphosa made the remarks when he visited Ethekwini Municipality, which includes the port city of Durban, one of the worst-hit areas in a week of looting that destroyed hundreds of businesses and killed more than 100 people.
“We will not allow anyone to destroy our
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