The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) will investigate the death of a man – believed to be an innocent bystander – during the Wits protests that have unfolded violently on Wednesday 10 March.
Protesters, led by the Wits University’s Student Representative Council (SRC), have clashed with police as the protests over student debt intensified, with members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) deploying teargas and firing rubber bullets in an effort to disperse crowds.
IPID to invesitgate death of man during Wits protest
IPID confirmed that they will dispatch investigators to the scene and try to condone off the area where the man was shot dead.
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Police officer probed after allegedly ‘slapping’ blind woman in the face
It is alleged that a 46-year-old blind woman was slapped numerous times on her face by a police officer in the Free State on Sunday.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is investigating an assault incident which allegedly occurred on Sunday the 14 February 2021 in Phuthaditjhaba, Free State. It is alleged that a 46-year-old blind woman was slapped numerous times on her face by the police officer.
IPID INVESTIGATING POLICE OFFICER WHO ALLEGEDLY SLAPPED BLIND WOMAN
“As alleged, the police officers were at their house to arrest other two people for other transgressions, the 46-year-old heard the screaming and crying of her 32-year-old sister. As she reached out to check what was happening, she heard slaps,” said IPID National Spokesperson Ndileka Cola.
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A South African Police Services (SAPS) official has been dismissed for alleged rape of an 8-year-old girl, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) confirmed on Monday, 11 January.
According to IPID National Spokesperson Ndileka Cola, the official’s dismissal comes after the investigating unit finalised its report into the rape allegations.
Cola said the report recommended his dismissal, which has been effective since 5 January 2021. The official worked at Kamesh police station in Port Elizabeth.
“As mandated by the IPID Act, Section 28 (1)(d) to investigate rape by a police officer, whether the police officer is on duty or off duty, IPID investigated this ma