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The Diepsloot Community Forum held a peaceful march on Friday, demanding that the tactical response team be redeployed following the murders of 11 people in the area over the last two weeks.
About 300 protestors marched through the township’s streets demanding the return of tactical response team officers.
The Diepsloot Community Forum is leading a march against high levels of crime in the township.
The city’s district commissioner, General Max Masha, was in the township on Friday afternoon to accept a memorandum from residents.
A heated exchange between law enforcement and the community was sparked by the first arrests - with police firing rubber bullets to disperse the rowdy crowd.