Overview
- SAPS leaders and Acting Minister of Police Firoz Cachalia say the force is operationally prepared and has received detailed national and provincial plans to manage demonstrations linked to a June 30 ultimatum.
- Some anti‑migrant groups have set a June 30 deadline for undocumented foreign nationals to leave and have threatened action against those who remain, a move President Cyril Ramaphosa has publicly dismissed as deliberate disorder‑making.
- Small March and March demonstrations in Cape Town drew only handfuls of participants but triggered multi‑agency deployments including SAPS, metro police and traffic officers to monitor routes and prevent violence.
- The government is coordinating security talks with the defence ministry, provincial premiers and private security representatives and the foreign affairs ministry has organised voluntary repatriation buses for hundreds of Malawian nationals.
- The recent wave of attacks and mass sheltering of migrants has displaced people, strained local humanitarian services and raised rights and diplomatic concerns about forced expulsions and the capacity to conduct lawful, safe deportations.