The South African Police Service (SAPS) has said no special budget allocation will be made to respond to another planned mass demonstration by the anti-migrant movement group March and March.
This is following the group's 30 September deadline calling for more mass deportations of undocumented nationals.
Responding to questions at a press briefing on the government's migration efforts on Tuesday, Deputy National Police Commissioner Tebello Mosikili said the police will continue to monitor the situation following the June 30 protest.
"Normal policing will continue. There will be no specific budget. We work on the budget allocated on the baseline and we are continuing. There are marches that were announced even prior to the September one. If it is pronounced that every Thursday there will be marches, we are continuing to manage and police those," said Mosikili.
Mosikili has also dismissed international reports that claim that at least 10 foreign nationals were killed during anti-migrant demonstrations earlier this year, saying this is not the figure recorded by the police.
She added that police records show two people were killed in the Western Cape and another two in KwaZulu-Natal.
Investigations in these cases continue.
"I need to emphasize that it’s not only foreign nationals that fell victim to murder in the process. There are cases where South Africans as well were murdered, and cases were investigated; people were arrested. We do have foreign nationals who committed murder who were also arrested," said Mosikili.
