PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa admitted on Friday that the government, the police and other security forces were ill-prepared for the attempted insurrection that took place in South Africa this week.
Dozens of shopping centres in parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal were destroyed, costing billions of rand in damages.
Ramaphosa also said the attempted insurrection has been a failure, because South Africans have rejected it and stood up in defence of the country’s hard-won democracy.
He also said that those who lit the flames of looting and violence in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal must be found and prosecuted.
A total of 180 people were killed in KwaZulu-Natal and 32 in Gauteng.
A total of 1,692 people were also arrested in connection with the looting and violence.
“We must acknowledge that we were poorly prepared for an orchestrated campaign of public violence, destruction and sabotage of this nature. While we commend the brave actions
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