No intelligence alert on July riots, says KZN premier

Premier Sihle Zikalala said the KwaZulu-Natal government relied on social and mainstream media for updates about the unrest and looting in July. Picture: SANDILE NDLOVU

“There was no information received from any intelligence structure indicating the need to prepare for the unrest,” Zikalala told the SA Human Rights Commission hearings into the July riots and looting on Friday. When threats of unrest were doing the rounds, Zikalala said government had held a conference on matters related to Covid-19.“We were not forewarned of any threat except what we saw on social media.” Zikalala said. “We engaged the chairperson of the security cluster and the minister of police. We responded through the media by discouraging people from holding public gatherings.”

Asked to describe the relationship between the police and communities in KwaZulu-Natal, Zikalala said it was not what it should be.

No intelligence. Period.

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