{"id":21525,"date":"2021-12-03T12:43:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T12:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=21525"},"modified":"2021-12-03T11:29:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T11:29:15","slug":"fears-july-unrest-and-looting-in-kzn-gauteng-was-fomented-from-within-ranks-of-anc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/fears-july-unrest-and-looting-in-kzn-gauteng-was-fomented-from-within-ranks-of-anc","title":{"rendered":"Fears July unrest and looting in KZN, Gauteng was fomented from within ranks of ANC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Durban – The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has told the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) probe into the July 2021 unrest of its concern that an assault against the state had emerged within the ranks of the ruling ANC, or people associated with the party.<\/p>\n

This was part of the dissection of the ISS\u2019s submission to the SAHRC\u2019s National Investigative Hearing into the July unrest, made by David Bruce, an independent researcher in the fields of policing and public security. Bruce works for the ISS on a consultancy basis.<\/p>\n

Bruce said that national Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole\u2019s characterising of the unrest was in general terms correct, because of the scale of the events that took place.<\/p>\n

However, he said that to the best of their knowledge the correct characterisation of the unrest, which engulfed KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, was that it had emerged within the ranks of the governing ANC.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just seems inherently problematic for our country if these type of threats to the security of the state emerge from within the governing party. Along with that goes a particular conundrum for security services or governance of the security services, because one of the aspects of the governance of the security services that is desirable in a country is that their politicisation be minimised.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it the situation in July seems to have been that if it was to have been pre-empted, it would have required that the intelligence agencies focus their scrutiny on elements within, or linked to, the governing party,\u201d Bruce said.<\/p>\n

He said that this had inevitably taken the country\u2019s intelligence services into a situation where they were facing questions on whether they were being politically manipulated, and whether there was a kind of political preference or favouritism that was being applied by them.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately what this points to is a need for us to engage with our governing party about the problematic consequences of its internal dynamics and politics for the country as a whole, but also for the security services.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would hope that this would be an issue that would be foregrounded by this inquiry in the findings that it makes,\u201d Bruce said.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Thursday the inquiry heard evidence from the UPL Cornubia Fire Civil Society Action Group\u2019s Professor Rajan Naidoo, from the University of KwaZulu-Natal\u2019s Occupational and Environmental Health Department.<\/p>\n

Naidoo told the inquiry that the fire and chemical spillage at the United Phosphorus Limited (UPL) warehouse in Cornubia, north of Durban, was an environmental disaster that directly affected the environment around the warehouse, as well as human health.<\/p>\n

The warehouse was torched during the July unrest, leading to a canopy of black smoke engulfing areas around the warehouse, including the Blackburn Village informal settlement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe impact on the environment also has consequences on people who may live off that environment, for example fisher folk who do subsistence fishing in the water around the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose things had to stop, so it affects livelihoods. There\u2019s also issues in terms of human health. There will be effects on health in the short term, medium term and long term, and it was why we were arguing very strongly that health services be provided for this community,\u201d Naidoo said.<\/p>\n

samkelo.mtshali@inl.co.za<\/p>\n

Political Bureau<\/b><\/p>\n

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