The writting is on the wall. Like other african countries in the north. No sense of values. No respect for human rights. Total disregard for the safety of others. All we see is crime not punished. Hospitals in disarray. Municipalities badly administered. Supply of electrity in a shambles. OH! for the apartheid days. Now we have buntuheid.

The traffic in JHB is already a daily nightmare. The last thing we need is for traffic cops to create more traffic problems and also put the lives of innocent civilians in danger. A wild west shootout? What madness! This is what common thuggery and mob madness is about. We've spun around from the 'violence of apartheid' to the 'violence of democracy'. We seem to behave in the same manner as our crazy brother from the 'hood', Bro Bob from Zim. With all the glorified armed struggle talk and freedom fighter hero images portrayed we have instilled in the young South Africans a violent culture within our nation. Hello, the armed struggle should be over. Thugs take what they don't have by force. Our police are doing just that. Maybe that's why it means nothing for the ANCYL leader to mouth off killer talk. We legally kill unborn babies man, every day, in SA. That's real killing not just talk? So now the cops have a shootout. Maybe we should bribe them to keep it off the streets! Shame on you guys ... you're not the only ones who need an increase.

Knowing full well that there are CCTV cameras on the M2, i trust that we will shortly see arrests of all the JMPD members who fired their service weapons as well as those who held an illegal roadblock on the freeway. Citizens should make complaints on the conduct of these members to the ICD if they were adversely affected in any way. If this was the USA we would see the Federal Govt stepping in with a heavy hand - raids and arrests etc. I believe that the situations calls for similar action.

When officials who are sworn to protect the community, turn disruptive or violent against that same community in the interest of their personal or organisational squabbles, they should be prosecuted and punished - ruthlessly! - for their ignorant and dangerous behaviour. If not, our society becomes more and more dysfunctional... not to mention the obvious immediate dilemma of lawlessness... Which governmental leader will crack the whip on this one?

Aside from the lousy attitude and behaviour of the cops, I would suggest that the City's H.R. Manager and his boss should be summarily fired for "Gross Negligence" in allowing things to boil-over like this in the face of obvious grievances. The H.R. Manager has done our profession a disservice by his incompetent handling of a situation that should have been diffused using structures and procedures open to him.

*lol* This country is rapidly degenerating into something ugly. Racism from the ANC, decaying infrastructure, criminals have more rights than legitimate citizens...Sounds a lot like other African countries

oh this is klas man, no where in the world would you find such crap but in SA. Geez, proudly south african se ma se hoes. This country is a damm joke. what next the mayor and president also to strike...wouldn't surprise me in the least.

Now Metro say they never fired live ammunition do they think we are stupid enough to buy that crap....Such IDIOTS

Hey guys ..I want to start a NEW POLITICAL PARTY .. lets call it NEW AFRICA ORDER. I am sure there are more sane than crazy people out there. I am sure if we can come up with a plan to cure our nation, and live by it, we can get support from all over Africa. We need a clean slate to start from -- do audits ,assessments, reviews and get the best person for the job -- by the peoples choice. Salary is performance based - therefore there will be no gold-diggers or slackkers applying. Also, we can ask Zim to join us -- we can become a big happy nation without ANC / ZANU-PF or any other selfish power-hungry idiots! Will I get your vote?

So the JMPD admit that their presence on the streets does nothing to deter criminals! How's that for a self-inflicted iditement or there performance! Why bother? Why pay them at all?When this happened in Cpae Town, they were all fired!