Gauteng Premier David Makhura has expressed regret about the looting and violence that flared up in Tshwane in response to the ANC's election selection for mayor‚ calling the actions criminal in nature. Makhura was speaking at the announcement of Gauteng mayoral candidates for the African National Congress in Johannesburg on Thursday.“We would like to convey our regrets to the shop owners [in Tshwane]. The police will intervene so that the looting stops‚” Makhura said.New mayoral candidate Thoko Didiza pleads for end to violence in TshwaneThoko Didiza‚ the African National Congress mayoral candidate for the City of Tshwane‚ has appealed to metro residents to end the wave of protests that greeted her selection. Hope Papo‚ the ANC's Gauteng secretary‚ asked the police to do their jobs diligently and arrest any member of the public who might have been involved in the violence and looting in Tshwane."The police must do their investigation without fear or favour. Anyone who is implicated in the violence‚ whether they belong to the ANC or any other party‚ must be charged and arrested‚" Papo said. He also reassured the public that whoever presides as mayor in Tshwane will continue with the public works programme in the city.Violence broke out in the City of Tshwane earlier this week when Thoko Didiza was announced as the metro's mayoral candidate. This comes as reports have said the appointment of Didiza‚ will see an end to the public works programme. There were also reports that communities were unhappy that Didiza was not originally from Tshwane‚ despite the ANC saying she had lived in the metro for years.Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate Mzwandile Masina‚ Johannesburg mayoral candidate Parks Tau and Didiza addressed media on some of their plans for their respective metros after the August 3 polls...