Death toll in #TshwaneProtests rises to five
The death toll from this week's Tshwane election campaign violence has risen to five after two more bodies were found by police in Mabopane. Police spokesperson Col Noxolo Kweza said: “One body was found in [Mabopane] mall while the other was found at a nearby house.”Since Monday‚ the City of Tshwane has been engulfed by violent protests following the ANC’s decision to appoint former minister of public works Thoko Didiza as its mayoral candidate for the metro.eNCA journalists shaken but not deterred as they tell of Tshwane attackResidents have been blockading roads‚ burning trucks and buses demanding that the current mayor Kgosientso Ramakgopa retain his position.The violence turned ugly when protesters started looting foreign-owned shops in Atteridgeville‚ Mamelodi‚ Garankuwa‚ Hammanskraal and Mabopane.National government‚ ANC and police have condemned the violence. Over 50 people have been arrested in the violence...
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