Post by @justadvocacy1

Durban is facing another night of unrest. After Thursday’s violence in the city centre, protesters returned to the streets on Friday, and police are struggling to keep control as the situation stretches into the evening. On Thursday, anti-immigration demonstrations linked to asylum processing at the Refugee Reception Centre turned violent. Police say 14 vehicles were set alight in Durban. Shops were looted, businesses shut their doors, and officers fired rubber bullets as crowds clashed in the CBD. Burnt-out cars were still lining Dr Pixley kaSeme Street on Friday. A fire that had been started during the earlier unrest also reignited inside a store. By Friday evening, marchers were again moving through the CBD, including along Dr Yusuf Dadoo Street. KwaZulu-Natal police deployed public-order tactics, tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets, and began pulling extra officers in from other parts of the province. Spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda said police are trying to balance the right to march with the duty to protect lives and property. Where the situation gets out of hand, he said, minimum legal force is being used. Residents and traders are living with the fear. Foreign-owned businesses stayed closed. Families in the CBD, Point and surrounding areas spent another night wondering whether the streets outside their doors would hold. Reinforcements help, but a city cannot be policed into calm if the underlying tension is left to burn. #JustAdvocacy #DurbanUnrest #Durban #KZN #PublicSafety