Police have used rubber bullets to disperse a group of people in Mahikeng.
Police have used rubber bullets to disperse a group of people who gathered in Setumo Park in Mahikeng in the North West.Yesterday, the provincial government issued a statement, confirming that the organisers of the action did not apply for permission from the police.
One of the organisers, David Angoma, says the shutdown is a protest against the lack of basic services. Angoma says, “Today’s shutdown is one of the greatest shutdowns I’ve ever seen. It’s a good success. The only problem that has happened is the police have been shooting us from this morning with rubber bullets.”
“According to us, these people are just singing, not burning tyres. We don’t know whether it is live ammunition, because they did bring us soldiers.” Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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