Hundreds of thousands arrested over lockdown rules
Only a small proportion of those arrested for contravening the rules have paid admission of guilt fines so far
07 July 2020 - 16:06
More than 270,000 people were arrested for contravening the lockdown regulations in the past three months, police minister Bheki Cele revealed in parliament.
Of the 276,607 arrested from the declaration of the national state of disaster at the end of March until June 19, 22,815 have paid admission of guilt fines and 199,677 are scheduled to appear in court or pay an admission of guilt fine, the minister said in a written reply to a question by ANC MP Shahidabibi Shaikh...
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