Gauteng Provincial Commissioner Lt-Gen Tommy Mthombeni has warned that lawbreakers will be identified through an extensive surveillance network and arrested.

Gauteng Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Tommy Mthombeni has warned that anyone inciting violence or breaking the law during anti-illegal immigration protests on June 30 will be tracked and arrested as police deploy helicopters, drones and more than 33,000 CCTV cameras across the province.

The warning comes as authorities ramp up security ahead of planned demonstrations targeting undocumented foreign nationals.

Mthombeni announced the extensive security measures ahead of planned demonstrations targeting undocumented foreign nationals.

The Gauteng Provincial Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (ProvJOINTS) briefed the media in Eldorado Park police station on Thursday about its state of readiness for the protests, which are calling for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa.