Yet it is his own SA Police “Service” that seems to be out of control and fired wildly into the unruly mob.
“We are shocked and dismayed at this senseless violence. We believe there is enough space in our democratic order for any dispute to be resolved through dialogue without any breaches of the law or violence,” the Prez had to say.
According to a statement by the South African Police Service members acted in self-defence.
News of shootings made headlines in the UK with City A.M. reporting that the London-listed mine shares closed 7% lower as news of the shootings hit the world.
What started as a labour dispute over pay now seems to be a fight between die National Union of Mineworkers and the Mineworkers and Construction Union.
Zuma must stop crying and instruct his government to sort out the dispute and reel in his unruly cops. There must be better ways to resolve this. Riot police can’t shoot whenever they think they are in danger. This level of violence is out of hand. If this pas Apartheid policemen the entire world would be up in arms.
