Police call for calm in Diepsloot after shutdown threatened amid protests against cop's murder
23 January 2002
Social media calls for a shutdown in Diepsloot, following the murder of a police officer, border on incitement to commit violence and can be construed as a criminal offence, according to Gauteng police commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela.
On Thursday morning, members of the community took to the streets, using burning tyres and rocks to block roads in the wake of the murder of Detective Captain Oupa Matjie last Friday.
The community believes foreign nationals in the area committed the crime.
But Mawela called for calm, saying the law should be allowed to take its course.