Custody
Among the most recent cases, two officers appeared in the Mooreesburg Magistrate Court on charges of rape last month. According to IPID, the officers allegedly offered a woman a lift in a state vehicle before raping her.
The matter was later remanded to Wednesday for a bail application, with the officers remaining in custody. The two are currently facing disciplinary action.
In another incident, Nathan Robertson was fatally wounded by a SAPS “warning bullet” in Firgrove on 17 February.
Robertson was among a crowd being searched by members of Operation Restore.
According to sources, the situation turned chaotic when police attempted to arrest an individual, leading an officer to fire two warning shots, one of which fatally struck Robertson.
Another case under investigation is that of Latiefa Freeman, 57,…