July unrest: EFF KZN unhappy with sentencing delay in Mondli Majola attack case
The accused in the matter were meant to be sentenced on Wednesday but proceedings were postponed to next month.
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The accused in the matter were meant to be sentenced on Wednesday but proceedings were postponed to next month.
KwaZulu-Natal Economic Development MEC Ravi Pillay says the Indian community in Phoenix has been demonised over the events in the area during the unrest in the province.
General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said no one could present evidence that officers watched on as Phoenix residents took the law into their own hands because the police were not there when the crimes including assaults and murders were committed.
Most of them have told Eyewitness News that they wanted to see change in the troubled township.
The Department of Correctional Services has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Westville prison detainee Jeetendra Jaikissoon.