Kagiso Protest News Today

Gauteng’s West Rand was gripped by chaotic protests targeted at so-called zama-zamas following the gang rape of eight women on the set of a music video being shot near a mine dump.

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said that President Cyril Ramaphosa had the executive authority to deploy soldiers.

Inside Eyewitness News held a roundtable discussion about the attacks on journalists when they cover protests.

Residents have told Police Minister Bheki Cele at the crime combatting imbizo in Kagiso Sunday that their dire warnings about the effects of the illegal mining industry in the area had been ignored.

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Residents have been demonstrating in different parts of area since Thursday.

Cele and Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi were in West Village for an imbizo on Saturday following a week of protests on the back of the gang rapes of eight women at an abandoned mine.

The residents say law enforcement has been lacking for a long time in the township.

Mogale City Mayor Tyrone Gray said that he would be moving to address residents in Munsieville on the West Rand where illegal miners are believed to have moved.

Angry community members have taken to the streets to call for an end to illegal mining, which they say has been the root cause of the high levels of crime in the area.