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News24 reports that five suspects accused of dousing a Pikitup general manager with petrol and threatening to set him alight have been arrested. A Gauteng police spokesperson confirmed on Thursday that the suspects would appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court "in due course".
City of Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba in a statement said the official was able to escape after being attacked on Monday. "Early [on Thursday], the manager was able to positively identify the suspects, who are known to him, from protesters picketing outside Pikitup's offices. The suspects were arrested on the scene and are being detained at the Hillbrow police station," Mashaba said. He indicated earlier in the week that the interruptions to Pikitup's refuse removal services over the past two weeks were "without doubt being politically motivated". "We have begun a full-scale investigation which will lead to the imminent arrests of the organisers of these protests, as Pikitup has now obtained a court order against any further disruptions of their premises or operations,” Mashaba stated. The unrest started on 26 July with protesters demanding that Pikitup should employ them as permanent workers.
- Read this report by Tammy Petersen in full at News24
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