The South African Police Service says it has fully mobilised resources to maintain public safety and respond rapidly to any security incidents during Tuesday’s anti immigrant protests.
Speaking ahead of the planned demonstrations against illegal immigrants, deputy national police commissioner Lt-Gen Tebello Mosikili said over the past 24 hours, the country has remained stable.
“We are now in the full implementation phase of our operational plan. Our operations have been divided into pre-, during- and post-operational implementation phases.
“Our operational plan is fully activated. The country is now under maximum operational readiness.”
Mosikili said national, provincial, and local operational command centres were functioning 24 hours a day and security personnel have been deployed across all nine provinces.
“First responder teams are fully deployed and on high alert. Specialised operational units are ready to respond at any moment.”
She said public order policing (POP) units were in position and the Air
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