Members of the public order policing unit have been deployed to Burgersfort in Limpopo after community members attacked Impala Platinum’s Marula mine on Sunday evening. 

Police spokesperson Conel Ronel Otto said that the unit was busy patrolling the area. No arrests had been made yet.

 Impala spokesperson Johan Theron said that one of the cables leading to a ventilation shaft had been cut during the protest and that a guard house had also been damaged.

Theron said the vandalism had taken place at around midnight.

 He added that the mine’s operations were not affected.

He said the mine had engaged with community leaders but they did not know who was responsible for the attack or what their demands were.