By Charmaine Ndlela
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia said law enforcement agencies are fully prepared to respond to planned demonstrations linked to the 30 June anti-immigration campaign, as authorities move to prevent violence and maintain stability across the country.
He said preparations for the protests would cost about R600 million.
Anti-illegal immigration groups including March and March and Operation Dudula have set that date as a “deadline” for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa.
Cachalia received an operational readiness briefing from senior police management at the Tshwane Academy College in Pretoria over the weekend.
“While the constitutional right to peaceful protest will be respected, no acts of lawlessness, violence, intimidation or criminality will be tolerated,” he said on Monday during a press briefing.
The Tshwane briefing, led by Acting National Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane, included presentations from provincial commissioners, intelligence officials and operational commanders on plans to
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