Gave us an excuse to eat out though! A quick pre-amble this evening as I must get onto painting.
Gosh, I'm appalled by the story of the South African journalist in Egypt being raped, tough to depict without being insensitive, so in light of that I will look a little closer to home with the riots in Ermelo....
National police commissioner Bheki Cele on Wednesday said more than 120 people had been arrested in Wesselton near Ermelo in Mpumalanga, SABC news reported.
Police were looking to arrest particular individuals as part of their criminal investigations. One of them had already handed himself over at a police station in Johannesburg, Cele said.
About 160 police were deployed in the area as the violent protests entered day three. Cele visited Wesselton on Wednesday afternoon.
He said he had forwarded the demand by protesters to meet with an ANC national executive committee member.
Earlier on Wednesday police battled to restore calm.
Officers moved back and forth as they tried to clear up the barricaded streets, littered with burning tyres, shattered glass, uprooted street signs and carpets of broken bottles and bricks
The Middle East is burning!
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