The Pretoria High Court has ruled in favour of the family of Collins Khosa, who died after allegedly being assaulted by SANDF members for violating lockdown regulations
The suspension is in effect pending an investigation of both the SANDF officers and the JMPD members.
The family had approached the court with an urgent appeal seeking an independent investigation, not one run by the Office of the Military Ombud. He argued that minimal coaching appeared to have been given to SANDF officers, while it was unclear if any teaching on how to use minimum force to deal with citizens was given to their counterparts, the SAPS.
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