The party also lodged a complaint with the military ombudsman to request an independent investigation into the killing of Khosa.
The Democratic Alliance has welcomed a High Court in Pretoria ruling on Friday ordering the suspension of South African National Defence Force soldiers and Johannesburg Metro Police Department officers who were involved in the fatal beating of Collins Khosa, pending an investigation.
“Judge Fabricius also highlighted that the SANDF and the South African Police Service are bound to protect these rights and to only use minimum force. Marais said that since the start of the lockdown, people had witnessed and heard harrowing accounts of law enforcement officials flouting their mandates to instead humiliate, degrade and harm the public.
“This ruling will not make up for the untimely death of Collins Khosa, but we trust that it will bring his family and loved ones another step closer to justice,” the MP said.
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