28/10/2022
Johannesburg Pride Set to go ahead this weekend despite warnings of a possible terrorist attack in the sandton area of Johannesburg
South African News outles reported that an alert had been issued of a possible terror attack in Sandton. The embassy said it had received information that terrorists may be planning to conduct an attack targeting large gatherings of people at an unspecified location in the greater Sandton area of Joburg on October 29.
In a statement, chairperson of Johannesburg Pride, Kaye Ally, said the celebrations will go ahead thanks to their team, private security, the private Security of Sandton Precinct and the authorities.
It was touch and go for a moment following the alert issued by the US embassy on Wednesday.
The embassy added that it had no further information about the timing, method or target of the potential attack. Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa said it was unfortunate that the embassy released an alert without speaking to local government.
“It is quite unfortunate the US issued that type of warning without having any type of discussion with us,” he said, during a press conference.
“Any form of alert will come from the government of the Republic of South Africa and it is unfortunate that another government should issue such a threat as to send panic among our people,” said Ramaphosa. “It is quite unfortunate the US issued that type of warning without having any type of discussion with us,” he said, during a press conference.
