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Precious Mthembu

Precious Mthembu is the Senior Reporter and covers the police, the courts and the daily news of the country, with the people in the story rather than only the institution answering for it.

30 arrests after Durban and Joburg street clashes, and police still will not say who they are

Twenty-five people were arrested in KwaZulu-Natal and five in Gauteng, for public violence, illegal gathering, obstruction and resisting arrest. No names, no ages, no immigration or asylum status, no firearm details and no next court date have been put on the record.

Precious Mthembu · 13 Oct 2026

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30 arrested after Durban and Joburg immigration protests: who they are, what they are charged with, and what the police will not say

Twenty-five arrests in KwaZulu-Natal and five in Gauteng followed days of anti-undocumented immigration protest in the Durban CBD, Soweto and Johannesburg. The state has confirmed the counts and the categories of offence. It has not confirmed who the accused are, their ages, their immigration status, whether any firearm was recovered or licensed, how many people were injured, or when anyone will appear in court.

13 Oct 2026

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30 arrests after Durban and Joburg street clashes, and police still will not say who they are

30 arrested after Durban and Joburg immigration protests: who they are, what they are charged with, and what the police will not say

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