Police chief issues World Cup warning
8 February 2010, 23:02
People who threaten to disrupt the much-awaited Fifa World Cup in June will face the full might of the law, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa warned on Monday.
"Any criminal or would-be-criminal who threatens the safety of the 2010 Fifa World Cup will meet the full might of the force," he said.
"We will not be subjected to such unbecoming behaviour and will not tolerate this nonsense," said Mthethwa.
He said a number of groups and protesters had used the soccer tournament to bargain for their demands.
Mthethwa said a group of reservists who marched in Port Elizabeth last week had threatened to make the make the 2010 Fifa World Cup ungovernable if their demands were not met.
Mthethwa was speaking in Durban, where police destroyed over 10 000 firearms from KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. He was joined by National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele. - Sapa
"Any criminal or would-be-criminal who threatens the safety of the 2010 Fifa World Cup will meet the full might of the force," he said.
"We will not be subjected to such unbecoming behaviour and will not tolerate this nonsense," said Mthethwa.
He said a number of groups and protesters had used the soccer tournament to bargain for their demands.
Mthethwa said a group of reservists who marched in Port Elizabeth last week had threatened to make the make the 2010 Fifa World Cup ungovernable if their demands were not met.
Mthethwa was speaking in Durban, where police destroyed over 10 000 firearms from KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. He was joined by National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele. - Sapa
Johannesburg
