Police response to July unrest was inadequate: David Makhura

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“The police still have to tell us who was orchestrating the violence,” Makhura said.

Gauteng premier David Makhura says police did not respond adequately to the violence and looting in Gauteng in July.Gauteng premier David Makhura said on Friday the response by the police to the unrest that gripped Gauteng in July was inadequate.

“We were disappointed by the way in which the matter was handled. Looking at media posts, this was an organised incident. If you look at what was being called for, this was an organised and orchestrated activity to undermine the sitting head of state and the government,” Makhura said. “Social media was a powerful platform for mobilisation and alerting the authorities about what was coming. Social media was providing a lot of intelligence about what was going to come and what was organised,” said Makhura.

“The signs were clear that what was happening in KZN, there were people who were trying to organise the same in Gauteng. It is common cause there were people who were not happy, but breaking the law is something else altogether,” he said.“There was no major attack on key state infrastructure except the looting in shopping centres. We activated private security companies that worked closely with the police,” the premier said.

 

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Inadequate is a good statement. It was nowhere. There was no police response. To say it was inadequate you mean there was some reaponse. In Pietermaritzburg there was no response whatsoever. David Makhura is being euphemistic. Why is he not admitting that there was no response?

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