President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday called for calm in KwaZulu-Natal and urged communities to desist from undermining the rule of law and inflicting damage on the economy.
Johannesburg - President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on communities in KwaZulu-Natal to desist from undermining the rule of law and inflicting damage on the economy.
Ramaphosa’s call comes after sporadic violence and destruction ravaged a number of areas province-wide by protesters who are calling for the release of former president Jacob Zuma from the Estcourt Correctional Centre where he is serving his 15-month sentence.Millions or rands worth of infrastructure and trucks have been torched by the #KZNShutDown protesters.
“The impact of public violence against the road freight industry and damage to freeways that serve as economic arteries will be felt also by the people organising and committing these crimes. The reasons allegedly advanced for the violence in KwaZulu-Natal cannot be used to legitimise vandalism and public violence,” Ramaphosa said.
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