“Any form of criminality that results in the death of anyone is not acceptable and we will take action to deal with it,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday.
The distraught family of Mbodazwe Elvis Nyathi, who was killed and set alight on Wednesday night in Diepsloot, on Thursday cleaned the area where he was murdered.President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the flare-up of violence in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, saying SA will not tolerate any form of criminality.
“Any form of criminality that results in the death of anyone is not acceptable and we will take action to deal with it,” said Ramaphosa. “The minister was there yesterday and he helped to calm the situation. We are continuing to keep a very close eye and also engaging with various members of the community because we don’t want that situation to turn into an ugly one,” he said.
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