Court orders police minister to pay councillors tortured in custody more than R500k each
Police arrested councillors unlawfully, assaulted them and shackled them to hospital beds for nine days without purposeful cause
07 July 2024 - 21:11
The minister of police has lost an appeal against an Mthatha high court ruling ordering that two ANC councillors be paid more than R500,000 compensation each for their unlawful detention and torture in custody. ..
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