{"id":23362,"date":"2022-10-28T17:17:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T17:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/south-africa-tightens-security-at-planned-major-gatherings-after-terror-alert"},"modified":"2022-10-28T17:34:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T17:34:06","slug":"south-africa-tightens-security-at-planned-major-gatherings-after-terror-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/south-africa-tightens-security-at-planned-major-gatherings-after-terror-alert","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Tightens Security at Planned Major Gatherings After Terror Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Islamic State previously <a href=\"https:\/\/issafrica.org\/iss-today\/how-serious-is-the-islamic-state-threat-to-attack-south-africa\">threatened<\/a> to attack South Africa for its involvement in a counter-insurgency operation in neighboring Mozambique, where the Islamist militants have been carrying out attacks since 2017. South Africa is part of the 16-member Southern African Development Community economic bloc that deployed forces last year to help the Mozambican government quell the violence.<\/p>\n<p>Sandton serves as a base for the Johannesburg stock exchange, US lenders including Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc., along with law firms and international auditing firms such as EY. The area also has a large shopping mall that draws tourists and affluent shoppers.LGBTQ+ activists are scheduled to hold a march in Sandton this weekend. It\u2019s one of more than 500 events that police will monitor, Natjoints said. Other major gatherings include the so-called Soweto Derby between two of the nation\u2019s biggest football clubs &#8212; Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs, a rugby match between South Africa and Ireland, and the coronation of Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini in the port city of Durban on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The police are prepared to provide security at all of the events, said Police Minister Bheki Cele.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are satisfied that we are fine in Sandton, we are satisfied that we are fine with the derby, the rugby and here as well,\u201d Cele told reporters in Durban. \u201cAll these events will be well looked after by the South African Police Service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cele said the police have no evidence of a threat to attack Sandton, while Natjoints said it hasn\u2019t confirmed the veracity of the US Embassy alert.<\/p>\n<p>The South African intelligence community has \u201cengaged their US counterparts with an expectation that credible information would be shared,\u201d the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s law-enforcement agencies are struggling to recover after being hollowed out under the nine-year rule of former President Jacob Zuma, when state corruption became endemic. In July 2021, the nation\u2019s intelligence structures failed to anticipate the worst civil unrest in South Africa since the end of apartheid: a week of riots and looting that left more than 350 people dead and shuttered thousands of businesses.South Africa heightened security before a series of outdoor events this weekend, as the authorities said they\u2019ve yet to verify any threat after the US Embassy warned of a possible attack on the nation\u2019s financial capital.<\/p>\n<p>The police and army increased their visibility and targeted operations are in place as part of a campaign that began earlier this month to improve safety before the festive season, the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure, or Natjoints, said in a statement Friday. Measures including road blocks and search-and-seizure operations are planned.The law-enforcement agencies have measures in place to deal with threats to national security,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The US Embassy warned two days ago that there\u2019s a risk of a terror attack in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, without providing more information. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the alert for sowing panic, and said the US authorities should have discussed the warning with their local counterparts first. Six years ago, the government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/speeches\/us-alert-noted-and-there-no-need-panic-assures-minister-mahlobo-6-jun-2016-0000\">downplayed<\/a> a similar alert by the US that came to naught.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa\u2019s criticism adds to the disagreement between South Africa and the US &#8212; its second-biggest trading partner &#8212; earlier this year over the two nations\u2019 divergent stances how to respond to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Islamic State previously threatened to attack South Africa for its involvement in a counter-insurgency operation in neighboring Mozambique, where the Islamist militants have been carrying out attacks since 2017. South Africa is part of the 16-member Southern African Development Community economic bloc that deployed forces last year to help the Mozambican government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":23361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[2355,2361,260,8764,8763],"class_list":["post-23362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia","tag-gatherings","tag-tightens"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Africa Tightens Security at Planned Major Gatherings After Terror Alert - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamic State previously &lt;a 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