National police commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole testified before the SAHRC hearing on Monday that July's unrest was a 'planned gathering with an unpredicted modus operandi'.
National police commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole conceded law enforcement should have had a plan of action in place to deal with the unrest and looting in July. File photo.July’s unrest, which swept through KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, was a “planned gathering with an unpredicted modus operandi”, national police commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole testified before the SA Human Rights Commission hearing on Monday.
Supporters of Jacob Zuma plunged the two provinces into chaos and destruction from July 8 to 18 after the former president was jailed by the Constitutional Court. The protest then turned into more general looting, violence and destruction of property.
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