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Two police reservists bust offloading alleged looted goods from state vehicle

Two police reservists in Soweto are among hundreds of people arrested during the looting that affected mostly shopping malls in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng since the beginning of the week.

Ernest Mabuza

Ernest Mabuza

Journalist

So unsettling was the looting, and the absence of any authority figure to quell it, that it is human nature to slap a band-aid on the problem and pretend it's not as big a deal as we first thought, says the writer.
So unsettling was the looting, and the absence of any authority figure to quell it, that it is human nature to slap a band-aid on the problem and pretend it's not as big a deal as we first thought, says the writer. (ANTONIO MUCHAVE)

Two police reservists in Soweto are among hundreds of people who have been arrested during the looting that affected mostly shopping malls in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng since the beginning of the week.

This was contained in the report by the National Joint Operational Intelligence Structure (Natjoints) released earlier this week.

Col Brenda Muridili said two on-duty reservist constables were found in possession of property alleged to have been stolen during the looting of businesses in Soweto on Tuesday.

“It is further alleged that the two suspects were found offloading suspected stolen property from a state vehicle,” Muridili said.

Muridili said 1,234 people had been arrested for mass looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.

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