Maj-Gen Poobalan Subbiah, the Ekurhuleni Central Cluster commander, said the approved march derailed.
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“There are splinter groups that started chaos,” said Subbiah.
He said public order policing fired rubber bullets and arrested five people for looting.
Police are monitoring the situation.
Subbiah said police reinforcements from the provincial SAPS will assist local police.
This video of the march was sent to the City Times:
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