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SAPS - Licence to Kill?

In South Africa, the police have a culture of violence and impunity. In Daveyton, a Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia died in police custody after being dragged behind a police vehicle. In Marikana, the police massacred 34 striking miners. In Ficksburg, an innocent protestor, Andries Tatane, was killed and in Cato Manor, 28 police officers face a string of charges, ranging from murder to racketeering. In all these places the police acted with excessive brute force, where they believe that they are not accountable to the law. While all this goes on the police minister Nathi Mthethwa and police commissioner Riah Phiyega remain in charge. In any civil society, they would have resigned.

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