Tlokweng returned to normal on Wednesday after violent protests over ritual killings left two dead and one injured.
North West public safety department spokesman Lesiba Kgwele said the unrest which began on Sunday in the village, near Swartruggens, had subsided.
MEC Desbo Mohono said this was an indication that intervention by the provincial government had helped appease residents.
“Mohono is hopeful that though the situation in the village remains tense, it will improve over time to allow families that have lost their loved ones in the recent protests space to mourn for their loved ones in dignity,” said Kgwele.
Two people were shot and killed and another injured during the protest sparked by the alleged ritual killing of Thabiso Moloi.
Residents went on the rampage on Sunday after Moloi's funeral. His decomposing body was found in the bush and Tlokweng residents suspected that he was killed for muti.
Buses transporting people to work were stopped and schoolchildren were not allowed to go to school on Monday.
A car and house Ä belonging to the owner of the tavern at which Moloi was last seen Ä were torched and the tavern owner was intimidated.
Government officials told residents that an independent team would be set up to probe ritual murders in Tlokweng over the past four years.
The Independent Complaints Directorate was investigating the shooting of the three residents.
The department appealed to the community to guard against “criminal elements” who “hijacked” the protests after reports that local businesses were looted.
The MEC urged the community “not to provoke police through acts of violence and criminality.
“(She) stressed that police have a duty to protect lives and properties and that law abiding citizens have a civic duty to support them by reporting those who are involved in acts of criminality,” Kgwele said. -
Sapa