KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli says the temporary repatriation sites in Durban and Pietermaritzburg will close on as all remaining Malawian nationals are being relocated to Musina in Limpopo. This is for the continuation of the repatriation process.
Ntuli says every person must first undergo the necessary immigration and criminal verification processes before leaving South Africa.
“These sites will be closed today. No one must come tomorrow to either here in Durban or to Pietermaritzburg because these sites will be closed, but we’ll make it a point that it will be closed when everyone has been transported back home. There are some processes that have to be done before they leave the country because if you do not do a verification, you will find that some have committed crime. But for those who have been concluded to be processed properly here, they will go straight.”
Acting KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Phumelele Makoba says law enforcement agencies are fully prepared for Tuesday’s planned marches.
Makoba spoke to SABC News following a parade at Durban’s North Beach, where police officers and other security personnel have been deployed ahead of the 30th June demonstrations.
“On Tuesday and beyond Tuesday, we’ll have maximum deployment in various hotspots that have been identified by our crime intelligence. And I’m repeating again, Tuesday is a normal working day. Those that don’t want to participate in marches, they must go to work, they must go to school, they must do everything that they want to do. Those that want to go to marches, they must go to marches and we will be there in numbers as the police to make sure that they are safe.”
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