Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia said that an additional 9 000 patrollers will be deployed across the province in addition to the police and other security officials.
As several anti-illegal immigrant marches are expected to held in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday, the provincial government has said there will be a strong contingent of law enforcement officials, made up of police, the army, and thousands of patrollers, will be deployed across the province to guard against criminal activity.
KZN Premier Thami Ntuli said they have met with the organisers, who have given them assurance that there will be no violence. “More significantly, perhaps, is the undertaking we received directly from the organisers of the marches, Mr Phakelumthakathi of Insizwa Nobunsizwa and Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma.
“Both gave their word to the government, their followers, and this province that their activities will be peaceful, and they distanced themselves from any calls for violence or looting.”
He said they expect that all the marchers will honour this commitment. “Organisers of any march have the responsibility to ensure that enough marshals are deployed to control marchers. We know there are those who see this as an opportunity to plunge our province back into the conflict we lived through in 2021. We see them, and we know their intentions.”
