âââ 08:00 Sun, 07 Mar 2021
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has confirmed that it is investigating 49 cases of alleged police heavy-handedness against members of the public during the first two months of the hard lockdown in March and April last year.
In a written reply to Democratic Alliance (DA) Member of Parliament Andrew Whitfieldâs question recently, Police Minister Bheki Cele also confirmed that such an investigation was underway.
The IPID says nine people were killed but an investigation has revealed that two of them died of natural causes.
Four of the deaths happened in Gauteng and three in the Western Cape.