OLD WOMAN BREAKS ARM IN SCUFFLE WITH COPS
‘No police mans allowed pliss,’ declares the bold notice scribbled into the Rakgabo family’s rusty gate that guard’s entrance to their rented home in Selibe Phikwe.
The family have accused Botshabelo Police of continued abuse, including a severe beating that left their 59-year-old mother a bloody mess.
Sitting by the veranda last Tuesday, a crutch on the ground beside her, heavy bandages wrapped around her left foot and arm, Margaret Sehuta Rakgabo is in obvious pain.
According to the old woman, exactly a week ago, officers battered her black and blue for attempting to come to her son’s aid during a heavy-handed arrest.