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President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the public to refrain from taking the law into their own hands. The statement follows the unrest in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg.

President Ramaphosa has voiced his opposition to civilians forcing people to prove their residency status.

Earlier the Economic Freedom Fighters party lashed out at police for the manner in which they conducted themselves while effecting arrests inOfficers were allegedly caught on camera asking people to identify certain body parts in indigenous South African languages if they could not produce their identity documents or a passport.Police are alleged to have arrested those who failed to identify the body part they were instructed to identify.

The EFF’s Sinawo Tambo says: “We must condemn the police who we saw this morning doing door-to-door raids in Diepsloot and when a person can’t provide an ID or passport they ask them to explain what an elbow is in Xistonga.” “This is what led to the murder of our people in Boipatong in the early 90s. If you couldn’t say Ndololwane you get killed. And now if you can’t say elbow in Xitsonga you get arrested. The people are perpetuating the criminalisation of our people based on how they look, based on the texture of the hair and colour of their skin and based on their dialect and it must not be condemned. The police must not sink to the level of vigilante groups simply to please them.

“You should not murder someone because they don’t have a passport,” EFF Spokesperson Sinawo Thabo addressing the media outside murdered Elvis Nyathi’s home in

 

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Before white people were racist now you are

Well...if the government did what it was meant to do, citizens wouldn't be taking the law into their own hands.

Police have failed to keep the law so its the citizens who must pick it up

Eady for him to say. He doesn't stay in the townships and he has no fucken idea what is happening there. So he kist shut it

Did the law manage to find Jabu Baloyis murderer? SALivesMatter JusticeForSouthAfricans PutSouthAfricaFirst Dudula SA_IsBleeding

ANC must refrain from taking the law into their hands by stealing from the poor

That old stupid man must stop talking nonsense and send all these foreigners back to their countries dats the only way to stop dis killing taking place in Diepsloot

Ramaphosa failed us as a country we fought against apartheid government and we shall fight against this government that doesn't put affords to help the poor but busy destroying what was fought for blood was shed for our democracy

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It's a good thing...police will start doing their job😊

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