Court appearance of 4 officers accused of murdering Ntumba delayed Ntumba was shot and killed last week when police fired rubber bullets at protesting students in Braamfontein. Mthokozisi Ntumba was shot and killed during student protests on Wednesday, 10 March 2021. Picture: Facebook.
5 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - The first appearance of four police officers accused of the murder of Mthokozisi Ntumba has been delayed on Wednesday morning.
Ntumba was shot and killed last week when police fired rubber bullets at protesting students in Braamfontein.
It s been a morning of delays at the Johannesburg Magistrates Court where the media is out in full force ahead of the appearance of four police officers.
Police officers accused of Mthokozisi Ntumba murder formally charged Tshepiso Kekana, Cidraas Motseothata, Madimetja Legodi and Victor Mohammed appeared in the dock dressed in casual clothing and covered their faces. The officers are all from the public order policing unit. The four police officers who allegedly killed Mthokozisi Ntumba appear in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on 17 March 2021. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News
3 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - Four police officers accused of the murder of Mthokozisi Ntumba have appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court, where they were formally charged.
Ntumba was shot and killed last week when police fired rubber bullets at protesting students in Braamfontein.
Ntumba was a devoted family man, say colleagues at memorial service The married father of three worked as a town planner at the Tshwane Metro Human Settlements Department. Mthokozisi Ntumba was shot and killed during student protests on Wednesday, 10 March 2021. Picture: Facebook.
PRETORIA - Mthokozisi Ntumba s colleagues described him as a devoted family man.
The Tshwane Metro Human Settlements group paid tribute to Ntumba at a memorial service on Wednesday.
The married father of three worked as a town planner at the metro.
Tshwane Human Settlements head, Nonto Memela, said that Ntumba loved his family.
“Mr Ntumba was a devoted family man. He talked about his wife and children every chance he got. He would tell us stories about when they met with his wife. Furthermore, he told me they met at university during their varsity days.”