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Parts of Gauteng and KZN have seen citizens and local taxi association members taking to the streets to 'protect' the country from unrest, destruction and looting.

Business owner Thabo Tsotetsi and community members in Ebony Park came together to clean up a shopping centre damaged by looters.Over the past few days, parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal have seen citizens taking to the streets to “protect” the country from unrest, destruction and looting.

Several communities in both provinces, with the help of local taxi association members and the police, have stood up against further looting and damage to shopping malls and businesses. Some residents went on door-to-door operations to recover items looted by community members from nearby shopping malls. OthersLast week, acting minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni warned against community members taking matters into their hands and infringing on the rights of others.

“We do not want a situation where members of the public are at loggerheads with the law after their attempts to protect their communities, properties and their lives. We are pleading with communities to not infringe on the rights of others and not to take the law into your own hands,” To date, 3,407 suspects have been arrested on different charges after a week of looting and violence, with only one suspect granted bail and 1,122 expected to appear in court in KZN and Gauteng.Three alleged instigators of the violent unrest were arrest on Thursday and Friday.

 

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