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JOHANNERSBURG - Some supporters and members of the ANC on Friday marched to Luthuli House to demand the removal of party leader Cyril Ramaphosa.
The march to the party’s Luthuli House headquarters started moments after Ramaphosa addressed the SACP’s elective congress in Ekurhuleni on yesterday morning.
The march, which was scheduled to begin at 10am, was delayed and only started at around noon. It is believed the reason for the delay was because they were still waiting for other participants from the North West province to arrive.
According to one of the organisers of the march, Carl Niehaus, the march was just the beginning of a series of planned rolling mass action in different parts of the country. Besides calling for Ramaphosa to step down, the march was also about the ongoing
Carl Niehaus leading a march by ANC supporters to the party’s Luthuli House headquarters on yesterday.
electricity crisis in the country as well as the rising cost of living.
In his address at the SACP’s congress, Ramaphosa appeared to be unshaken by the growing calls for him to step aside.
“We are in the fight for the soul of the ANC and we will not backdown. We are also in the fight for the survival of our democracy. -Iol
PRETORIA - Minister of Police Bheki Cele on yesterday confirmed that seven suspects between the ages of 23 and 33 have been arrested in connection with the random shootings in Alexandra which left six people dead and four injured.
All suspects are South African nationals and they were arrested on Friday after being found in possession of firearms, cellphones and ammunition. Cele said the shootings were motivated by the intent to commit robbery.
“The shootings are not connected with what happened last week in Soweto, Mamelodi or KZN, these boys were robbing people and they are all South African nationals.”
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Cele was speaking after holding a meeting at Alexandra Police Station with Gauteng officials, including Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Sehlahle Fannie Masemola.
Earlier in a statement, Gauteng police Spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo said about four armed suspects went on to rob and shoot people in the area.
“It is reported that the suspects first met people travelling in a Toyota Etios, on Fourth Avenue and Selborne Street, and fired shots at them,” he said.