The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has confirmed the pair was shot dead during service delivery demonstrations earlier on Thursday.
A heavy police contingent has been deployed to the community following the violent demonstrations.
Police patrolled main roads leading into the Uitsig community, where a group of protesters gathered to protest over a lack of services in the area before two people were fatally shot. Ipid spokesperson Moses Dlamini said: “We’re not certain who we should attribute the shooting to, whether it be the police, or security guards or law enforcement.”
Protesters handed over a memorandum of demands to municipal leaders, giving them seven days to respond. #Caledon Police are maintaining a heavy presence in Caledon where earlier this morning two people were killed following service delivery protests CA pic.twitter.com/SoJ5rlfXNh
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