Tshwane Unrest: 22 to 27 June 2016
16 August 2016 TABLE OF CONTENT
• Introduction • Affected Areas • Operational Concept • Coordinating Structure • Total Deployments (Over And Above Normal Policing) • Operational Focus Areas • Intervention • Other Protest Actions • Mayoral Nomination: Tshwane 19 June 2016 to 1 July 2016 • Case Management • Conclusion
2 INTRODUCTION
• Crime Intelligence received unconfirmed information regarding possible disruptive actions in the Tshwane area relating to the nomination of the ANC Mayoral candidate.
• In view of this, sources were tasked and information was disseminated to operational divisions for operationalization.
• Dissatisfaction with the Tshwane mayoral nominee candidate then resulted in various acts of violent protest actions and looting of shops belonging to both South African and foreign nationals.
• Violent protests erupted from 20 June 2016 in inter alia Sunnyside (Arcadia), Atteridgeville, Mamelodi, Garankuwa, Loate, Hammanskraal, Bronkhorstspruit, Soshanguve, Mobopane, Rietgat, Hercules informal settlement and Winterveld. This violence continued until 26 June 2016. 3 AFFECTED AREAS
SUNNYSIDE ATTERIDGEVILLE HAMMANSKRAAL MAMELODI
• Tshwane o Attlyn Mall •R101, M17 and N1 • Mahube Mall o Lotus Garden Metro including carousel toll gate • Municipal Offices • 3 x Shopping Mall Police •Pumulani toll gate • PUTCO bus Malls o Mall next to vehicle •Stinkwater road depot Police Station overturned •Jubilee Mall • Denneboom and in Arcadia • Foreign nationals shops •Foreign national shops Waltloo • WF Nkomo road •Temba shopping centre Shopping • Government premises and Kopanong shopping Centres • Train and sub stations centre • Foreign national •Winterveldt community shops hall • Train stations •Municipal offices and hostels •Train stations • Sub stations AFFECTED AREAS …continues
1 2 HERCULES SOSHANGUVE
• Crime in and around polling stations • Soshanguve crossing
• Daspoort tunnel • Mabopane and Thorntree Malls
• Bougainville • Soshanguve and Batho plaza
• Van der Hoff road, Sunset view road • Municipal offices
and Mabopane highway • Train and sub-stations
• Hercules train station • Foreign national shops
• Municipal offices • Buitenkant street in Rietgat • Horns neck
• Mahem intersection
• Sub-stations 5 AFFECTED AREAS …continues
3 4 PRETORIA CENTRAL BRONKHORSPRUIT
• Municipal buildings • Municipal and IEC offices
• Train station • Clinics
• Shopping malls • Foreign nationals shops • Foreign national shops • Councillor houses
• Liquor stores • Ekangala police station
• Hermanstad and Marabastad PUTCO • All townships around Bronkhorspruit bus depot • PUTCO bus depot • Municipal Bus depot (WF Nkomo)
• Michael Brink road, R80, R101
6 OPERATIONAL CONCEPT
• Intelligence/information gathering
• Crowd management
• Enhanced visibility
• City/malls security
• Securing operational key points
• Route security
• Specialized operations
• Airborne support
• Access control
• Railway security
• Investigations
7 COORDINATING STRUCTURE
NATJOCOMM NATJOCOMM PROVJOC PROVJOCOMM
NATJOC PROVJOC
ATTERIDGEVILLE HAMMANSKRAAL MAMELODI SOSHANGUVE PTA CENTRAL HERCULES BRONKHORSPRUIT
Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence (ICC) (ICC) (ICC) (ICC) (ICC) (ICC) (ICC) POP POP POP POP POP POP POP VISPOL VISPOL VISPOL VISPOL VISPOL VISPOL VISPOL METRO’s METRO’s METRO’s METRO’s METRO’s METRO’s METRO’s Detectives Detectives Detectives Detectives Detectives Detectives Detectives Rapid Rail Rapid Rail Rapid Rail Rapid Rail Rapid Rail Rapid Rail Rapid Rail Communication Communication Communication Communication Communication Communication Communication Police National traffic Co-ordination Gauteng Traffic National traffic Co-ordination Gauteng Traffic Co-ordination police Specialized Police police Private security Police Specialized Gauteng Traffic Operations Co-ordination Gauteng Traffic Co-ordination Operations Police NIU/TRT Private security Police Private security NIU/TRT Co-ordination Private security Co-ordination Private security Private security Private security
8 COORDINATING STRUCTURE
The following Areas are included within all disciplines: NATJOCOMM PROVJOCOMM • Intelligence • (ICC) • POP • VISPOL NATJOC • METRO’s • Detectives PROVJOC • Rapid Rail • Communication
ATTERIDGEVILLE HAMMANSKRAAL MAMELODI SOSHANGUVE PTA CENTRAL HERCULES BRONKHORSPRUIT
Police National traffic Co-ordination Gauteng National traffic Co-ordination Gauteng Traffic Co-ordination police Specialized Traffic Police police Private Police Specialized Gauteng Traffic Operations Co-ordination Gauteng security Co-ordination Operations Police NIU/TRT Private Traffic Police Private security NIU/TRT Co-ordination Private security Co-ordination Private security Private security security Private security
9 TOTAL DEPLOYMENTS (OVER AND ABOVE NORMAL POLICING)
AREA MEMBERS Pretoria CBD 68 Hammanskraal 69 Mamelodi 41 Hercules 22 Soshanguve 53 Attridgeville 25 Bronkhorstspruit 19 Detectives 83 DPCI 31 PRASA and Rapid Railway Police PRASA: 85 SAPS: 105 Private Security 130 DHA Immigrations 12
10 TOTAL DEPLOYMENTS (OVER AND ABOVE NORMAL POLICING) …continues
AREA MEMBERS Eskom 28 Metro police 300 Air Support 4 Total 1 075
11 OPERATIONAL FOCUS AREAS
The operational areas were classified as follows:
• Monitoring of movement of public transport. • Securing school premises. • Monitoring community movement and day-to-day activities. • Securing government buildings including municipal properties to ensure that public administration continues without disruptions. • Securing shopping malls. • Securing ESKOM substations. • Securing the known targeted councillors houses. • Ensure that National roads are repaired and secured. • Continued normal economic activity. • Hoax SMS threats which affected normal daily activity.
12 INTERVENTION
• Following extensive SAPS deployments in affected areas with Visible Policing operations to stabilize these areas as well as intelligence operations against identified instigators, the situation was brought under control by 24 June 2016.
• These interventions were complimented by further interventions by community and political leaders.
• It needs to be mentioned that whilst the Tshwane unrest situation unfolded, the SAPS had to deal with numerous other protest actions country-wide. This required the SAPS to deploy in areas such as Gelvandale in the Eastern Cape to deal with gang related issues, Vuwani in Limpopo, Glebelands and KwaMashu hostels as well as in Nongoma in KwaZulu-Natal.
13 OTHER PROTEST ACTIONS
• During this period, SAPS resources were stretched to deal with other protests actions relating to:
– Political intolerance (including dissatisfaction with nominated ward councillors).
– Community protests actions relating to issues such as demands for water, electricity and employment.
– Illegal occupation of land and reaction to evictions.
– Instability at education institutions.
– Labour issues.
– Conflict in the transport sector.
14 OTHER PROTEST ACTIONS …continues
• Areas that required SAPS intervention:
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal
King Williams Town Zamdela Sebokeng, Evaton, Kagiso, Inanda, Marianhill, New (Ginsberg), Mdantsane, Braamfischerville, Tembisa, Hanover, Elandskop, Kwanoxolo, Mthatha, Vlakfontein, Sharpeville, Kwambonambi, Gamalake, Zwelitsha, Fort Jackson, Daveyton, Orlando East, Babanango, Tongaat, Queenstown, Flagstaff, Swannieville Lindelani, Isipingo, Ekombe, Grahamstown, Bisho Emadoshini
Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape
Vuwani, Tshilwavhusiku, Ermelo, Ngobi Taung, Qhoo (Revilo), Kalksloot Rathidili, Giyani, Village, Kinros, Rustenburg, Boikhutsong Madjadjiskloof Marite, Delmas (Ventersdorp), Ganalaagte (Delareyville), Mmabatho, Makoshong, Ikageng, Bokfontein,
Western Cape
Khayelitsha, Grabouw, Cape Town Central, Stellenbosch, Bongolethu, 15 MAYORAL NOMINATION: TSHWANE
19 JUNE 2016 TO 1 JULY 2016 …continues
GATION
STATION -
SPP
OF CASES CASES OF
NOLLE NOLLE
COURT COURT
GUILTY
SUSPECTS SUSPECTS
ARRESTED ARRESTED
NOT GUILTY NOT
NUMBER OF OF NUMBER
NO NO
UNDETECTED UNDETECTED
WITHDRAWN/ WITHDRAWN/ INVESTI
Sunnyside 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Silverton 12 5 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 Pretoria West 8 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 Atteridgeville 87 10 74 15 0 0 3 0 0 Hercules 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Olievenhoutbosch 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mamelodi 9 3 5 6 0 0 1 0 0 Mamelodi East 15 6 7 23 0 0 2 0 0 Boschkop 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hammanskraal 9 1 7 16 0 0 1 0 0
16 MAYORAL NOMINATION: TSHWANE
19 JUNE 2016 TO 1 JULY 2016 …continues
GATION
STATION -
SPP
OF CASES CASES OF
NOLLE NOLLE
COURT COURT
GUILTY
SUSPECTS SUSPECTS
ARRESTED ARRESTED
NOT GUILTY NOT
NUMBER OF OF NUMBER
NO NO
UNDETECTED UNDETECTED
WITHDRAWN/ WITHDRAWN/ INVESTI
Mabopane 14 5 7 8 0 0 0 2 0 Loate 71 33 20 94 0 0 16 2 0 Temba 5 3 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 Akasia 32 3 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 Rietgat 73 30 11 36 0 0 32 0 0 Soshanguve 6 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ga-Rankuwa 6 5 1 44 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 353 107 187 278 0 0 55 4 0
17 MAYORAL NOMINATION: TSHWANE 19 JUNE 2016 TO 1 JULY 2016 …continues
TSHWANE CENTRAL CLUSTER SUCCESSES
Charge No of Cases No of Suspects Arrested
Possession of Suspected Stolen Goods 1 3 Possession of Unlicensed Firearm 1 1 Total 2 4
A foreign national (Ethiopian) was arrested for the possession of an unlicensed firearm.
18 MAYORAL NOMINATION: TSHWANE 19 JUNE 2016 TO 1 JULY 2016 …continues
TSHWANE WEST CLUSTER SUCCESSES
Charge No of Cases No of Suspects Arrested
Possession of Suspected Stolen Goods 4 5 Possession of Dangerous Weapon 1 2 Total 5 7
19 MAYORAL NOMINATION: TSHWANE 19 JUNE 2016 TO 1 JULY 2016 …continues
TSHWANE EAST CLUSTER SUCCESSES
Charge No of Cases No of Suspects Arrested
Possession of Suspected Stolen Goods 1 1 Possession of Unlicensed Firearm 1 1 Total 2 2
A foreign national (Somalian) was arrested for the possession of an unlicensed firearm.
20 MAYORAL NOMINATION: TSHWANE 19 JUNE 2016 TO 1 JULY 2016 …continues
TSHWANE NORTH CLUSTER SUCCESSES Charge No of Cases No of Suspects Arrested Possession of Suspected Stolen Goods 49 58 Possession of Unlicensed Firearm 2 2 Possession of Dangerous Weapon 1 4 Total 52 64
Arrests for the Possession of Unlicensed Firearm are foreign nationals (Somalian and Ethiopian). 21 CASE MANAGEMENT Murder Cases Reported – Related to Elections & Tshwane Unrest
1. Tembisa:
• On 2016-04-12 members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were at the iSethoga Hostels in Tembisa to hold an election campaign rally. They were attacked by unknown residents of the hostel and severely assaulted with pangas, knobkierries and other weapons. Several members of the EFF were admitted to the Tembisa hospital with serious injuries. One of them was Mr Tsetsi Edward Mothibe, aged 56 years who sustained serious head injuries. Mr Mothibe passed away on 2016-06-06.
• No suspects have yet been identified or arrested.
• The investigation still continues.
22 CASE MANAGEMENT …continues Murder Cases Reported – Related to Elections & Tshwane Unrest
2. Pretoria West:
• On 2016-06-19 at 16:15 the ANC Regional Executive Committee held a meeting regarding the nomination of the Mayoral Candidate for Tshwane at the Tshwabec Centre, Church and President Burgers Street, Pretoria West.
• An argument broke out between members of the ANC outside the meeting and Mr Simon Modime, an ANC member, was shot and died on the scene.
• On 2016-06-28 a suspect Mr Justice Niloane Mashola, a member of the ANC was arrested. The case is remanded to 2016-08-11 for further investigation.
• The post mortem and blood alcohol report is still being awaited.
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CASE MANAGEMENT …continues Murder Cases Reported – Related to Elections & Tshwane Unrest
3. Mamelodi East:
• On 2016-06-21 at 07:30 in extension 22 next to Lehong Street, Mamelodi East, the body of Mr Radingwna Phiri was found in the street with a gun shot wound to the chest.
• No suspects have yet been identified or arrested and the circumstances surrounding his death is still not clear, but it is suspected that his death could be linked to the looting of shops that took place during the day in the vicinity where his body was found.
24 CASE MANAGEMENT …continues Murder Cases Reported – Related to Elections & Tshwane Unrest
4. Mamelodi East: • On 2016-06-22 at about 04:45 in extension 5 next to Game tavern, Mamelodi East, the body of Mr Thabiso Daniels was found with a gun shot wound to his back. According to a witness, the deceased was travelling in a vehicle which was stopped by two foreign nationals who confronted the deceased. One of the foreign nationals produced a firearm and shot at the deceased while he was running away.
• It is suspected that this incident is also linked to the looting of shops in the vicinity where the incident took place.
• No suspects have yet been identified or arrested and the investigation continues.
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CASE MANAGEMENT …continues Murder Cases Reported – Related to Elections & Tshwane Unrest
5. Mamelodi East:
• On 2016-06-22 at 21:00 at Hector Peterson Street, extension 6, Mamelodi East, the body of Mr Sello Paul Masupa was found with a gun shot wound to his chest.
• The investigation revealed that the deceased was part of a group of people who looted shops in the area and who was shot at by foreign nationals. It is also linked to the looting of shops in the vicinity where the incident took place.
• No suspects have yet been identified or arrested and the investigation continues.
26 CASE MANAGEMENT …continues Murder Cases Reported – Related to Elections & Tshwane Unrest
6. Loate:
• On 2016-06-23 at 18:00 residents of Loate attacked the Central City Mall, at block CV, Loate.
• After the situation had been stabilised by the police, the body of Mr Emmanuel Makhado was found, next to the Nedbank ATM inside the mall, with a gun shot wound to the chest.
• On 2016-06-24 at 06:00 the body of Mr Bafana Mbatha was found with a gun shot wound to the chest in an alley next to the Central City Mall. It is suspected that both victims participated in the looting of shops in the Central City Mall and that they were shot at by unknown security guards.
• No witnesses could be traced and no suspects have yet been identified or arrested. The investigation continues. 27 CONCLUSION
• An immediate intervention was initiated through the JOINTS by deploying additional personnel and the situation was then stabilised and at the same time interventions by the community leaders and political leaders took place.
• The state authority was successfully reclaimed. Perpetrators were arrested immediately and looted items were returned to their lawful owners. Since then Tshwane remained stable even during the voting days.
28 Thank you