Police have confirmed that one person has died following renewed violence in the Johannesburg CBD.
The Gauteng Police Commissioner Elias Mawela has pleaded with residents of the area to allow government to deal with violence in some areas, in the ongoing attacks in which foreign nationals and their businesses are being targeted with some shops being burnt and looted. Police have confirmed that some hostel tenants are inciting the violence after disrupting the former Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s speech earlier on Sunday.“They’ve caused a lot of panic. They’ve made normal churchgoers to panic. They’ve made normal commuters to panic. They saw people with spears and shields and so forth… We, as the police, we maintain a strong presence in this area. We are going to make sure that we separate the two groups.