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South Africa: VIP police assault case defence claims driver ignored blue light convoy

South Africa: VIP police assault case defence claims driver ignored blue light convoy

Africa Links 24 with Michelle Banda
Published on 2024-07-30 20:19:20

New developments emerged on Tuesday in the case at the Randburg Magistrates’ Court involving eight officers from Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP protection unit. The officers are accused of assaulting people who were travelling on the N1 highway in Johannesburg in July 2023.

Defence lawyer Mswazi Makhubele presented images purportedly from the day of the incident. While some of the still images were clear, others were distorted and appeared to have been extracted from…

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