Cele said over 24 000 tyres have been found and confiscated by police and other law enforcement agencies, who are monitoring the shutdown NationalShutdown EFF BhekiCele Police
Management led by National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola, Cele and Deputy Minister Cassel Mathale provided an overview of the first 48 hours of law enforcement deployments in response to the 20 March protest.“People were blocking the road and we were told that others were stamping on the roofs of the cars that were there. So, police as usual had to make a call for them to stop, they couldn’t stop so they had to use the minimum kind of force, they used stun grenades.
“But, up to this time, 57 people have been arrested around the country in different provinces. Gauteng leads and Free State comes after and then Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal,” Cele said.“That will be Tembisa. But up until this point, it does look like the situation is normal, people are going to work especially places like Soweto and Alex. We are checking Cape Town, it looks like there was one bus that was attacked.
“We are sill integrated, we are working with the SANDF members, private security, We are in touch with communities in different places. We hope that those who will be marching, as long as they do so peacefully, we have no reason for interfering with them,” Cele said. “In Soweto and KwaMashu, people have cooperated with police to prevent attempts to loot businesses,” Cele said.
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