A clip showing learners going to their matric dance receiving a full police escort is currently making rounds on Facebook.
The clip, that shows a police cavalcade marching as smartly dressed matrics walk towards the dance amid green smoke, is reportedly from a matric dance in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal.
The crowd have viewed this with mixed feelings, some have expressed outrage and considered it as a waste of resources while others compared the situation to when traffic police escorted the Guptas after they infamously landed at Waterkloof airforce base for a wedding.
Watch video below:
Police escorting pupils to matric dance, waste of manpower and resources, or a great gesture? You decide!
Posted by Police Pics And Clips on Sunday, 21 October 2018
KwaZulu-Natal acting provincial commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi sided with those outraged on social media, saying the conduct of the police in the clip goes against the rules and an investigation will take place, a news report from The Mercury stated.
“I am deeply disturbed by what I observed,” lieutenant general Mkhwanazi said.
He called for an investigation to be conducted and all in the video to be held liable, stating that their conduct was out of line.
