Limpopo cops arrest 496 people on New Year's Eve for flouting Disaster Management Act restrictions 496 people in Limpopo spent New Year's in jail after they flouted the Disaster Management Act. Image: Allan Swart/123RF Almost 500 people in Limpopo spent New Year's Eve in jail for contravening the alert level 3 restrictions stipulated in the Disaster Management Act. The arrests were effected during heightened operations conducted on Thursday and Friday morning in all five districts of the province. The Waterberg district saw 149 people arrested, while four were arrested in Mopani, 146 in Capricorn, 59 in Sekhukhune and 138 in Vhembe district. The suspects were arrested for the following contraventions: