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Vredefort community protest action alert

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Vredefort SAPS members would like to warn the community and motorists driving through Vredefort of the protest actions taking place in Vredefort.
About 500 community members have gathered and barricaded the roads in Mokwallo, and Vredefort  protesting against service delivery.
According to police spokesperson sgt Josephine Rani, all  schools in Vredefort are closed currently.
No incidents of damages or looting have been reported so far, she said.
Currently two males have been arrested for public violence, and Public Order Police is still monitoring the situation.

Liezl Scheepers

Liezl Scheepers is editor of the Parys Gazette, a local community newspaper distributed in the towns of Parys, Vredefort and Viljoenskroon. As an experienced community journalist in all fields for the past 30 years, she has a passion for her community, and has been actively involved in several community outreach projects as part of Parys Gazette's team.

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