Protests the ‘biggest diversion of police resources’
'There are at least 26 protests daily across the country'
So angry are South Africans about the poor delivery of services that more than 9,600 protests were held in the country in a year.
Gauteng had the highest number of demonstrations nationwide between April 2022 and March 2023, prompting provincial police commissioner Lt-Gen Elias Mawela to warn politicians on Wednesday that attending to service delivery unrests was the biggest diversion of police resources...
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