{"id":143691,"date":"2019-08-15T14:34:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T12:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/call-for-communities-to-do-things-by-the-book\/"},"modified":"2019-08-15T14:34:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T12:34:53","slug":"call-for-communities-to-do-things-by-the-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/call-for-communities-to-do-things-by-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for communities to do things by the book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Call for communities to do things by the book<\/a>: <\/p>\n

Government has urged communities to refrain from taking the law into their own hands after foreign owned shops were looted in Soweto.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere can be no reason that justifies breaking the laws of our country. South Africa is governed by laws and will not tolerate anarchy,\u201d Government Communication and Information System Acting (GCIS) Director-General Phumla Williams said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday night, some residents in Soweto ransacked, trashed and looted foreign owned shops in Zola, Emdeni, Moletsane, White City, Zondi as well as Rockville.<\/p>\n

Government has noted with concern reports of looting of foreign owned shops in Soweto. Government has further reiterated that such activities are unlawful and criminal in nature.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery citizen and foreign national must be aware that government will not allow lawlessness, criminality and violent crimes. Government is committed to ensuring that all within South African borders are and feel safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Africa has a zero tolerance approach to corrupt activities and the selling of fake items falls within corrupt activities and robs the people of their human dignity,\u201d the GCIS said.<\/p>\n

GCIS said law enforcement agencies are resolute in curbing the proliferation of illicit and counterfeit goods, with some operations already taking place in the Johannesburg Central Business District.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaw enforcement agencies will continue with their efforts as counterfeit goods have detrimental effects on the economy,\u201d GCIS said.<\/p>\n

Government has appealed to communities to collaborate with the authorities to clamp down on criminal activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunities must resist from embarking in criminal activities in the name of retaliation. Government would like to thank all those community members in Soweto who stood up against the looting and protected the victims,\u201d the GCIS said.<\/p>\n

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has condemned the looting of foreign owned-shops.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe criminals who looted foreign owned-shops under a disguise of revenging the police must be arrested. The Police are in a business of fighting crime irrespective of the motive,\u201d Makhura said.<\/p>\n

The Gauteng Provincial Government said the South African Police Service has been on the ground, monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n

Shop-owners were taken to various police stations around Soweto for safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cI must congratulate the Police for acting swiftly and ensuring the safety of shop-owners and some of their belongings. We will not allow criminality and lawlessness in any part of our Province. Gauteng citizens must work with the Police. Operation #OkaeMolao continues to rid our communities of acts of crime,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Makhura has urged people of Gauteng not to allow criminals to do crime in their name. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/p>\n

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Call for communities to do things by the book: Government has urged communities to refrain from taking the law into their own hands after foreign owned shops were looted in Soweto. \u201cThere can be no reason that justifies breaking the laws of our country. South Africa is governed by laws and will not tolerate anarchy,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3332],"tags":[728,4966,7664,6784],"class_list":{"0":"post-143691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-johannesburg-south-africa","7":"tag-book","8":"tag-call","9":"tag-communities","10":"tag-things","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}