South African Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia says June 30 will be treated as any other day, while assuring the population that the police are prepared to respond to anti-migration demonstrations.
The government had instituted a committee, made up of ministers from across many departments, including the Department of Labour and International Relations and Cooperations (DIRCO), to provide updates on the government’s handling of migration issues.
This follows the Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma of March and March’s proposed national shutdown on June 30. Protests against illegal and undocumented migrants are planned in South Africa. 
Addressing the media, Cachalia stated that law enforcement deployments are advanced, with the government using human, technological, and physical resources to confront the potential threat and disruptions, and urged citizens to return to work as usual. He said he was not going to publicly detail the extent of the operations planned.
“I’m not going to give the details of that in public, but what I can do is assure the public that we have deployed all resources – human, technological and physical resources across the country adequate to potential threats of disruption to ensure that the country is kept safe and secure going forward,” Cachalia said.
He stated that they will be on guard on and after June 30th, advising against spreading disruptive narratives.
“Now there’s a narrative out there propagated by those who are organising this reckless, disruptive behaviour that they are acting in the interest of our citizens, in the interest of our people. In fact, their behaviour has economic, financial, human and diplomatic costs, as we’ve heard from Minister Damola. So, indeed they are acting in a way that harms our citizens, their well-being, and our national interests,” he said.
According to Cachalia, the government is responsible for defending its people, the nation’s sovereignty, and the rule of law. He harshly cautioned the propagators that they would be held ‘civilly accountable for any injury or damage to property’ resulting from the protests.
“So, those who are involved in organising this disruptive behaviour accompanied by violence – we’ve heard that there have been fatalities.
“We’ll have to bear the costs of both their criminal actions, and they will also be held civilly liable. I don’t know if many of them are aware that they can be held civilly liable for any injury or damage to property that is the result of their efforts at incitement.
“So, what we’re experiencing is not costless, and that must become part of the national conversation.”
