South Africa: Police Stop Anti-Immigrant March in Rosettenville

Residents of Rosettenville who wanted to hold a protest march in the suburb south of Johannesburg were frustrated after police denied them permission to proceed on Saturday.

The protesters, who claimed to be mobilising against "drugs, prostitution, property theft and brothels", were met by a large contingent of both the metro police and South African Police Service (SAPS) officers on Verona Street where their march was scheduled to start, GroundUp reported.

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