Troops prepare for deployment at the Durban amphitheatre, ensuring public safety during the upcoming demonstrations.
As security tensions rise ahead of the June 30 marches regarding the status of undocumented foreign nationals, government and law enforcement officials have confirmed a significant security deployment across KwaZulu-Natal to ensure public order.
On Sunday, Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli, KZN acting police commissioner Major General Phumelele Makoba, and divisional commissioner for Visible Policing and Operations Lieutenant General Maropeng Mamotheti sent off troops which will police June 30 marches during a multidisciplinary law enforcement state of readiness parade at the Durban amphitheatre.
Cachalia said the South African Police Service is not being deployed to prevent lawful and peaceful demonstrations.
“We are deployed to ensure that demonstrations, which is our right, take place safely, securely, in an orderly manner that respects the security of the country, its peace and stability and the rights and dignity of all who live in our country which includes, and maybe this is a difficult question for some to admit and accept, that includes the dignity of people in our country who are here illegally,” he said.
