Integrated police contingents are deployed in Nyanga after a fresh wave of sporadic violent incidents in the area that left several vehicles including four police vans and a bus damaged on Friday morning.
The reinforced deployments comprise public order police, tactical response teams, air support, local police as well as deployments from the city of Cape Town’s law enforcement directorate.
Seven suspects have been arrested for public violence in efforts to quell the situation. The arrested suspects will appear in court on Monday. The deployments are conducting operations, performing patrol duties and monitoring the situation.
The violence which also erupted on Wednesday and was somewhat contained, is believed to be in response to the City of Cape Town’s ongoing operations targeting illegal sedan taxis in the area.
Detectives are investigating cases of malicious damage to property and public violence.
They are also set to conduct tracing operations. All deployments by law enforcement agencies in the area will remain operational on the ground until calm is restored.
