Pikitup suspects denied bail
The City of Johannesburg has welcomed a decision by the Johannesburg Magistrates Court to deny bail to five suspects who attacked a general manager at Pikitup.
The city says the suspects were part of protesters picketing outside Pikitup offices since Monday, demanding that they be employed by the city's waste management company.
They are facing attempted murder charges after allegedly assaulting the Pikitup manager, dousing him with petrol and threatening to set him alight.
The manager was able to escape the assault.
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba says the court's decision is pleasing because protests need to respect the rights of law-abiding citizens.
"People have the constitutional rights to protest but at the same time to respect the rights of others," says Mashaba,
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