Security cluster cabinet ministers meet over Tshwane violence
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula‚ State Security Minister David Mahlobo and Gauteng Premier David Makhura have arrived at Tshedimosetso House in Hatfield and are holding a meeting ahead of a planned media briefing. Police leadership has also started arriving as journalists prepare to ask for answers about the escalating violence which has gripped the City of Tshwane in the past 24 hours.Pretoria city centre shut down as protesters insist on Sputla for mayorThe briefing follows Tshwane mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa's failure to convince residents of Atteridgeville that the ANC's new candidate for mayor Thoko Didiza is competent enough to lead the country's capital.Since the announcement of Didiza as the party's mayoral candidate‚ violence has erupted in Mamelodi‚ Garankuwa‚ Hammaanskraal and Atteridgeville.The ANC has denied that it is its members that are behind the protests...
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