Mthokozisi Ntumba was gasping for air, had a wound on his face, blood on his shirt and a wound on the left side of his chest, when a doctor examined him shortly after police allegedly shot him.
Four police officers have been charged with murder and attempted murder following the fatal shooting of Mthokozisi Ntumba during a student protest in Braamfontein on 10 March 2021.
An admin clerk recalled Mthkozisi Ntumba’s last moments before he was shot and killed allegedly by police officers during a student protest in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Ntumba’s death a sign of structural problems in the policing system – Bishop Victor Phalana
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Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Justice and Peace Commission chairperson Bishop
Victor Phalana on Monday explained that until the government finds the political will to enforce profound changes in the ethos of policing in the country, more deaths are inevitable.
Police Minister Bheki Cele says the death of Mthokozisi Ntumba during protests over the non-registration of students at Wits University in Braamfontein on Wednesday, has "no grain of explanation". "It is something that has no inch, no grain of explanation or defence on it. Somebody, for me, just went crazy," he told the media outside the home of the 35-year-old Ntumba.