SowetanLive reports that in response to plans by a civil society organisation to protest at the Union Buildings on Friday in support of KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, the police have warned that they will not tolerate criminality and lawlessness.

National police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said there would not be a shutdown and officers would decisively enforce the law if protesters prohibited people’s freedom of movement during the demonstrations. Since the beginning of the week, there have been protests across the country in support of Mkhwanazi, who made explosive allegations against police minister Senzo Mchunu and deputy police commissioner for crime detection Gen Shadrack Sibiya, whom he accused of being in cahoots with criminals. Mchunu and Sibiya have since been placed on “leave of absence”. Inwooners Baagi Civic Movement leader David Ratladi said they would stage a protest at the Union Buildings with 10 other organisations under the banner of “Hands off Mkhwanazi”. MK party Gauteng leader Abel Tau said they would also stage a protest at the Union Buildings to demand that President Cyril Ramaphosa should resign. He said they were disappointed with Ramaphosa for having called a media briefing to announce Mchunu was going to be put on special leave and that a commission of inquiry would be established. “Ramaphosa knows that the reports of commissions are delivered at his desk and gather dust. This is an urgent criminal matter that does not require reporting between three and six months by any commission,” Tau said.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Herman Moloi at BusinessLive

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