Mbalula urges Rustenburg community to assist police
The Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula has urged the community of Rustenburg to work with police following rampage in the CBD on Wednesday.
Six buildings, which housed foreign nationals, were torched by the community.
The community alleges the buildings are drug dens.
Mbalula says community members have no right to take the law into their own hands.
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"No matter how justified people might think they are, taking the law into their own hands does not make them different to the people they accuse of being criminals.
"People must know we are a democratic state, with competent institutions that could resolve all concerns."
The minister has also urged police to assert their authority over criminals.