SAPS Roadblock in Dezemba Leave Peeps in Awe, Netizens Wish Many Police Working on 1 Road Were Eskom

SAPS Roadblock in Dezemba Leave Peeps in Awe, Netizens Wish Many Police Working on 1 Road Were Eskom

  • A viral video shows local police officers descending on a South African road during the busy festive season
  • The TikTok clip shows the South African Police Service (SAPS) in their numbers on the road stopping cars
  • People in the comments on the video were grateful that the TikTok user warned others to be careful of them

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A video on the socials proved police officers in South Africa may be more active during December time. The viral clip has members of the South African Police Service ready to catch people breaking the law.

SAPS create major roadblock
A TikTok user showed people that SAPS stopped cars on the road during the festive season. Image: TikTok/@angela.in.sa
Source: UGC

People flooded the comment section expressing their gratitude for the warning. Some peeps admitted that they would have landed in trouble because of their cars.

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A TikTok video by @angela.in.sa shows SAPS descending on a public road. The armed officers looked menacing as the content creator drove through. To lighten things up, the TikTokker put a song over the clip that chastised the police and it cracked others up. Viewer discretion is advised as the lyrics of the song in the video below contain strong language.

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SAPS often go viral for having fun on the job and people in the comments were amazed to see them at work. Netizens pointed out that South African police are often nowhere to be found during the year but suddenly they are everywhere during December. One peep even joked that Eskom should work as hard as the officers.

jasonrussellll commented:

"Funny how they only do their jobs properly in December."

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Christo Pienaar commented:

"I would have done the same but my license disk is expired so I can't draw attention."

Des commented:

"Not one of them know why they are there."

user7898198760079 commented:

"The service we need at Eskom."

#Etta_C82-DC6 commented:

"The song is priceless!"

Brandon commented:

"You don’t see them the whole year, but now there’s like 50 of them in one spot."

Marietjie commented:

"Thanks guys for keeping us safe. SAPS and traffic on one roadblock."

incognito_mode23 co,mented;

"Bribe."

Melany commented:

"The song lol!"

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Many people took the police school graduates' happiness as excitement to finally join the SAPS's corruption. Online users quickly slammed the newly qualified officers.

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The video posted by SAPS did not land well with netizens. The newly trained cops were dancing, celebrating their accomplishments.

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Rutendo Masasi (Human-Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 2 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za