A message – signed off by Ekurhuleni Central Cluster commander Maj-Gen Poobalan Subbiah and the cluster’s CPF executive chairperson, Reza Patel – was circulated on social media.
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“There are rumours of possible public violence throughout Actonville and Benoni,” the message said.
“While this may or may not occur, we wish to reassure the communities that the SAPS and EMPD are prepared for possible violent protests and have already deployed the Public Order Policing, Tactical Response and other task teams into the affected areas and will not hesitate to apply the full extent of the law against those who wish to transgress.”
The alert comes off the back of last week’s march in Benoni, which saw some public and private property damaged on Monday.
Marchers gave the municipality until today to respond to a memorandum. It is not clear whether the metro replied to the memorandum.
