Overview
- Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia said the SAPS has raised operational readiness and will not tolerate lawlessness during planned demonstrations.
- Police and intelligence commanders reviewed national and provincial plans at a meeting on Saturday, June 20, and will hold further coordination meetings with defence ministers, premiers and private security firms.
- The South African National Defence Force is on standby to secure strategic sites such as airports if requested by police.
- Weekly enforcement operations to verify foreign nationals' legal status are continuing while organised repatriations proceed, with officials reporting roughly 5,000 Malawians returned and about 2,000 more processed to leave.
- Small, organised marches have drawn modest crowds and issued a June 30 ultimatum with no legal force, a stance President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected and rights groups warned that rushed enforcement could fuel abuses and diplomatic strain.