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TENSE SITUATION: Zandspruit residents burning tyres and damaging streets signs as they protested for better service delivery yesterday. PHOTO: SIBUSISO MSIBI

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The shooting apparently happened when two groups of protesters clashed.

Eye witnesses told the police one group wanted to loot the shops of foreign nationals while the second one sought to stop this, Lt-Col Lungelo Dlamini said on Thursday.

He said the man was rushed to Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg in a critical condition.

Police were investigating a case of attempted murder.

Dlamini said police arrested 12 people on Wednesday during protests over service delivery.

“They will appear in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday to face charges of public violence,” he said.

Dlamini said police also had to stop a group of protesters from attacking a mall in Randburg.

Police were still keeping watch, he said.

Johannesburg metro police said protesters continued burning tyres in Beyers Naude Drive, resulting in the road being partially closed between Juice and Peter roads.

Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said there was a heavy police presence and motorists were advised to avoid the area and use Malibongwe Drive and Hendrik Potgieter road as alternatives. 

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Fri May 24 21:45:49 SAST 2013 ::

Jun 14, 2012

CheeseBoy

busy sh.ooting each other whilst your leaders, the people who could have / should have made a difference in your liv.es are sitting in lux.ury and watching you k.ill each other and bu.rn tyres in the freezing cold.now that is stupidity as its best.
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Jun 14, 2012

MommaC

I've heard of gang wars, turf wars, drug wars and gangsta wars but this is the first squatter war !
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Jun 14, 2012

mambaaai

In China they have this idea they would rather have these people doing some work any work keeping their minds and hands busy rather than being destructive... and causing trouble for the government problems , and using up Police resources and costing tax payers money... esides the other problems caused like the article shows

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