They rushed back to their offices to cover their failed 'service to the people' to spout substanceless xenophobia.
Tweets from the police spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters , the Gauteng premier David Makhura, Gauteng community safety MEC Faith Mazibuko, and JMPD all have this "foreign narional" claim, as if there were no South Africans involved.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-08-02-police-withdrew-from-street-battle-with-vendors-to-avoid-bloodbath-in-joburg-cbd/