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The use of water cannon by police on a Sassa grants queue in Bellville in January, and Ipid’s investigation results, illustrate the urgency with which we must move to develop a comprehensive legal instrument on the use of force. We need a law that will embody the universally recognised princi. ....
IPID finds no misconduct in Sassa water cannon incident News24 Sassa. Credit: GroundUp The Independent Police Investigative Directorate could not find fault with the police s actions when they used a water cannon to disperse frustrated Sassa grant recipients in Bellville on 15 January. IPID found that the police used minimum force to get the grant recipients to practise social distancing in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19. They were within their operational rights to enforce Covid-19 regulations. According to the IPID report, the manager of the Bellville Sassa office said officials called the police for help earlier that day after they battled for days to get the grant recipients to comply with the regulations. ....
Jenni Evans, News24 The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has cleared the police of misconduct in its probe into the use of a w ater cannon on Sassa grant recipients in Bellville. It found that the police used minimum force to disperse the grant recipients in an effort to ensure compliance with Covid-19 regulations. I PID said the police did not do anything unlawful. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate could not find fault with the police s actions when they used a water cannon to disperse frustrated Sassa grant recipients in Bellville on 15 January. IPID found that the police used minimum force to get the grant recipients to practise social distancing in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19. They were within their operational rights to enforce Covid-19 regulations. ....
Covid-19 social relief grant stopped despite pleas By Shakirah Thebus Share Cape Town - Despite impassioned pleas for the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant to be extended, the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) has confirmed that the grant has been terminated. Human rights organisation Black Sash and pressure campaign #PayTheGrants demanded that the government extend the special Covid-19 relief funding, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues its devastating toll on individuals and families. Nationwide protests against the termination of the grants took place at several Sassa offices and post offices. Protest organiser at Bellville Sassa, Bravo Thompson, said: “No one felt happy about the grants being terminated. It s bad because, at the end of the day, how do you cancel something that is people’s livelihood or maybe food? All the people are sick and tired of the government not giving them something to eat.” ....
WC MPLs want heads to roll over Bellville Sassa water cannon incident Hundreds of disability grant beneficiaries were sprayed with the water canon earlier this year. FILE: A South African Social Security Agency office. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN one hour ago CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape Legislature said that action needed to be taken against those who gave the order to use a water cannon on Sassa beneficiaries in Bellville. Hundreds of disability grant beneficiaries were sprayed with the water cannon earlier this year. Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Community Safety, Reagan Allen, said that heads must roll. ....