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No grievance can justify xenophobic attacks, warns top cop

Violence is not activism, says Deputy National Police Commissioner

Dozens of families fled their homes to take shelter in the Gansbaai Tourism and Conference Centre at the weekend after anti-immigrant protests in the town. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks
No grievance or frustration can justify xenophobic attacks, said Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili, the Deputy National Police Commissioner, on Wednesday.
At a media briefing in George following anti-immigrant action in the Western Cape, she said: “We will not tolerate any attempt to destabilise communities, threaten national stability, disrupt economic activity or challenge the authority of the democratic State.”
“There is no grievance, concern, frustration or cause that can justify murder, assault, intimidation, arson, looting, xenophobic attacks or any other form of criminal conduct,” said Mosikili.
“Violence is not activism. Intimidation is…

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