Minister Cele is expected to conclude his provincial visit in Rustenburg with a walk-about to assess police visibility.
Groups of defiant “yellow vest” demonstrators faced off with tens of thousands of police around France on Saturday, but the protest movement appeared to have lost momentum on a fifth and decisive weekend.
Businesses in Paris battened down the hatches on Friday and streets were cleared of material that could be used as weapons amid fears of further violence during a fourth round of “yellow vest” protests.
Togo’s government has banned a series of planned opposition protests on security grounds, saying the marches posed a security risk.
The French government on Wednesday urged parties across the political divide to calm protests that have raged nationwide for more than two weeks, and signalled it was ready to make further concessions to avoid more violence.
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