Fearing that they might be attacked and their businesses looted, business operators in the Boksburg CBD were forced to temporarily close their businesses between 9am and 11.30am.

This came when thousands of Reiger Park residents marched through the streets of the CBD on their way to the Boksburg Civic Centre to deliver a memorandum of complaints to the municipality.

Shops, street vendor, offices and banks were forced to close as the protesters march to the civic centre.

Although the marchers were peaceful and didn’t attack anyone during the march, large contingents of SAPS and EMPD officers were keeping an eye on the tense atmosphere to prevent any illegal activity.

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