'We will not vote.' This was the message on Friday from protesters in Caledon, where two people died during a protest 24 hours earlier.
Two bodies lie in the road in Caledon after police allegedly shot at protesters on Thursday April 4 2019."We will not vote." This was the message on Friday from protesters in Caledon, where two people died during a protest 24 hours earlier.
Community members who converged at a barricade at the main entrance to Uitsig township on Friday said the two protesters were shot by the police, and they were awaiting the outcome of a probe by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate.
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