Experts have warned that unless the reported heavy-handedness of police and soldiers in enforcing lockdown regulations is reined in, the authorities could face a backlash that could lead to a revolt.
Experts have warned that if left unchecked, military and police brutality during the national Covid-19 lockdown could ultimately give way to a revolt. However, South Africans had only themselves to blame for the wave of brutality sweeping the nation by the security cluster, political analyst Ralph Mathekga said, and noted there was no point in blaming the ANC when people had given away their power. “This thing would not be so terrible to bear if idiots had not been released on the streets.
“This thing would not be so terrible to bear if idiots had not been released on the streets. It just shows again, South Africa has never moved away from it’s tradition of securitising a socio-economic problem,” said Mathekga. A man in Alexandra died on Friday, reportedly after he was severely assaulted by soldiers for drinking in his garden. Police have since opened a case of murder and were on Monday awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination to determine the cause of the man’s death.
“They’re trained to kill,” she said. “They are socialised to behave in a certain way. The military has a specific culture which supports aggressiveness and callousness. And with this, also ‘otherness’. For you to be able to kill someone, that person must become the enemy.
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