{"id":38303,"date":"2026-06-29T11:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38303"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:55:08","slug":"the-right-to-protest-doesnt-allow-for-violence-vandalism-sa-president","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/the-right-to-protest-doesnt-allow-for-violence-vandalism-sa-president\/","title":{"rendered":"The right to protest doesn\u2019t allow for violence, vandalism:\u00a0SA President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>South Africa&#8217;s (SA) President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned South Africans that the right to protest does not allow for violence, vandalism, or intimidation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In his weekly newsletter ahead of Tuesday\u2019s protests against undocumented foreign nationals, Ramaphosa urged demonstrators to remain peaceful and lawful.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He says government has accepted that the country\u2019s immigration system requires substantial reform and therefore government is strengthening border management, increasing enforcement against undocumented immigration, improving the integrity of the asylum and visa systems, and taking action against corruption that has weakened immigration control.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ramaphosa further emphasised that the country\u2019s law-enforcement authorities are on high alert and stand ready in defence of the rule of law.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Moreover, Ramaphosa assured South Africans that government is prepared to maintain law and order for the expected Tuesday protests directed at undocumented foreign nationals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The state has set aside R600 million ($9.9 million) to support security operations linked to the day.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On Thursday, while responding to oral questions in the National Council of Provinces, Ramaphosa said security agencies are on high alert and measures have been put in place to ensure that Tuesday is a normal working day despite threats of possible disruption.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe are ready to deal with whatever disruption, instability that will take that could take place. So, on June 30, as people are saying, all manner of things will happen. We are taking measures to ensure that the 30th becomes a normal day where people will be able to work, to go about their business. Our security forces are ready,\u201d adds Ramaphosa.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34272,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-38303","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Ramaphosa further emphasised that the country\u2019s law-enforcement authorities are on high alert.","published_date":"","news_description":"Ramaphosa further emphasised that the country\u2019s law-enforcement authorities are on high alert.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38305,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38303\/revisions\/38305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}