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1 MINISTRY OF POLICE POLICY AND GUIDELINES: POLICING OF PUBLIC PROTESTS , GATHERINGS AND MAJOR EVENTS 2 POLICY DOCUMENT ON THE POLICING OF PUBLIC PROTEST (RIOTS) AND MAJOR EVENTS 1. Introduction The dynamics in the POLICING of PUBLIC PROTESTS in South Africa after 1994 have undergone a major shift. Prior to 1994, the police, supported by the military, were tasked to suppress and use force to control unrests flowing from political opposition. The early 1990s experience increased political activities that resulted in key control challenges for riot control within the police force. Political marches and rallies that characterized the early 1990s could not be managed with the same repressive style as was the case prior to democratic negotiations.
Section 17 (Chapter 6) of the South African Police Service Act no 68 of 1995 provides that a public order policing unit shall be established and maintained by the National Police Commissioner whom may deploy the national public order policing unit, or any part thereof, at the request and in support of a Provincial Commissioner. Where the
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