Destruction from Fees Must Fall march to Parliament to cost city more than R1m
A law enforcement vehicle‚ metro police vehicles‚ SAPS vehicles‚ buses, a private vehicle and buildings were damaged
Protesters who smashed windows‚ stoned vehicles and damaged buildings in this week’s Fees Must Fall march to Parliament left a trail of destruction that will cost more than R1m to fix. One law-enforcement vehicle‚ four metro police vehicles‚ two South African Police Service (SAPS) vehicles‚ one MyCiTi bus‚ a private vehicle‚ Golden Arrow buses and buildings were damaged, when protesters clashed with police in the parliamentary precinct on Wednesday in Cape Town. Cape Town mayoral committee member for safety JP Smith urged members of the public whose property was damaged to lay criminal charges, because the city could identify protesters involved in acts of public violence on its CCTV camera network. "I wouldn’t be surprised if the total damage sat around R1.5m to R2m … and for that reason we’ve asked the public to please go and lay charges‚" he told CapeTalk radio on Friday. One shop-owner told the radio station that his smashed windows alone would cost R70,000 to repair. Social med...
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