Honour Madiba, uphold the rule of law – says Lamola
Lamola has said violent protests and looting sprees that took place mainly in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal over the past week were a challenge to the country's Constitutional democracy.
Lamola has said violent protests and looting sprees that took place mainly in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal over the past week were a challenge to the country's Constitutional democracy.
The association said it had asked the national and provincial health departments to boost security at all medical facilities.
The city also saw fresh incidents of looting on Wednesday, including in Phoenix, after which Police Minister Bheki Cele made his way there to assess the scale of the destruction.
Many law-abiding citizens were now struggling to buy day-to-day items like fuel, bread and milk.
Legal expert Tyrone Mnguni said Jacob Zuma’s rescission application to the apex court which will be heard on Monday is likely to fail.
It’s believed that those behind the demonstrations are against the incarceration of former President Jacob Zuma.
The protestors, who had been staging demonstrations since Wednesday, were opposing Zuma’s incarceration after he was found guilty of being in contempt of court.
Jacob Zuma's lawyer Dali Mpofu told Judge Bhekisisa Mnguni that the former president would be prejudiced by the sentence – but counsel for the Helen Suzman Foundation and the state capture commission opposed Zuma's application.
Jacob Zuma is also the first president of South Africa ever to be jailed.
Jacob Zuma was expected to be arrested by police on Wednesday to begin his 15-month prison sentence after a scathing Constitutional Court judgment.
An ambulance was prevented from entering former President Jacob Zuma's homestead. His son, Edward instructed the ambulance to leave the premises.
About 70 police vehicles are said to be on the way to Nkandla where Jacob Zuma was expected to be arrested on Wednesday.
Police have until midnight to effect his arrest after he failed to hand himself in on Sunday.
Edward Zuma made the accusation as the nation waited in anticipation to see whether the former president would be arrested or hand himself over to start serving his 15-month jail term for contempt of court.
People wearing ANC MKMVA regalia prevented the police from entering former President Jacob Zuma's homestead in Nkandla.
A small group of people dressed in uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) uniform have blocked a police vehicle trying to make its way into former President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead.
The state capture commission’s lawyer Tembeka Ngcukaitobi said a letter seeking clarity by Police Minister Bheki Cele and National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole to acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is nonsensical.
Jacob Zuma approached the court following a scathing apex court judgment that found him guilty of being in a contempt of a ruling that said he must appear and participate at the state capture commission.