Ramaphosa Finds Cops' “Apartheid Era” Treatment of Foreigners Unacceptable

• President Cyril Ramaphosa has slammed the police for their treatment of foreigners in Diepsloot following the recent violence
• Ramaphosa accused the police of using apartheid-era tactics while interrogating foreigners and demanding their identity documents
• The president warned that those actions take South Africa back to the dark days of apartheid and the pass laws

BLOEMFONTEIN - President Cyril Ramaphosa slammed the police for the apartheid-era tactics they used on foreigners in Diepsloot.

The police had reportedly stopped foreigners and asked them to produce their identity documents which harked back to days when the pass laws were in effect.

Ramaphosa slammed the police for treating people who were already under attack by questioning the victims about their identities and subjecting them to humiliating treatment.

He said that it "takes us back" to the apartheid way of doing things. The president spoke to journalists in Bloemfontein and was asked about the police stopping foreigners and asking for them to prove their identities.

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Source: Briefly News