Police brutality

Explanation
The 1980s and 1990s were characterised by ongoing student protests and boycotts and the repressive and brutal response of the police to those engaging in resistance politics. Members of the SAP frequently resorted to firepower as a means of crowd control when clashes broke out between police and protesters in public marches, demonstrations and at funerals. Members of the SAP also frequently used assault and torture as a means of extracting information from detainees or punishing detainees for their alleged role in active community politics such as organised boycotts and protest actions. The Commission received many victims' accounts of police brutality, particularly in public order policing situations, and in the course of detention under emergency regulations.

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NGOBENI, Anna

Was shot in the right thigh when police opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest against police brutality at City Rocks Stadium, Winter-veld, Bophuthatswana, on 26 March 1986. Eleven people were killed and 200 injured in the City Rocks shooting. Police then assaulted fleeing people, dragging them ...

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MARWEXU, Nosipho Blossom

A COSAS member who was beaten by members of the Security Police while in detention at Cambridge police station, East London, on 18 June 1986. She was accused of burning the homes of two police members during the 1986 state of emergency. See police brutality.

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CHEPAPE, Patrick

A COSAS member who was at a protest meeting against police brutality at City Rocks Stadium, Winterveld, Bophuthatswana, on 26 March 1986 when police opened fire. Eleven people were killed and two hundred injured in the City Rocks shooting. In the aftermath, police allegedly assaulted fleeing ...

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KABINI, Walther Sipho

An ANC supporter who was shot dead when Bophuthatswana police fired on a crowd gathered to protest against police brutality at City Rocks Stadium, Winterveld, Bophuthatswana on 26 March 1986. See City Rocks shooting. See police brutality.

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GCINA, Cikizwa Ivy

again detained from June 1986 to June 1987. A former Security Police agent was refused amnesty for the petrol bombing of her home (AC/2000/239). See police ...

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SWART, Basil

... regulations and held for nearly a year at Victor Verster prison where he experienced severe ill-treatment and periods of solitary confinement. See police brutality. ...

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MOSAMBUKA, Josephine Thandi

Was severely beaten by members of the Bophuthatswana Police at City Rocks Stadium, Winterveld, Bophuthatswana, on 26 March 1986. She was taking part in a mass protest against police brutality when police opened fire, killing 11 people and injuring 200. See City Rocks shooting.

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MAGWACA, Amanda Eunice Nokwakha

Was assaulted by members of the SAP in KwaZakele, Port Elizabeth, on 19 June 1990, during the state of emergency. The police were allegedly looking for her husband who disappeared while in custody at Bethelsdorp police station, Port Elizabeth. See police brutality.

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RALANA, Merryman Anele

... regularly taken to Cambridge police station for interrogation. After 180 days, Mr Ralana and others were redetained and held until June 1987. See police brutality. ...

/victims/ralana_merryman_anele.htm

NEER, Dennis Sehloho

... members of the Security Police at Louis le Grange Square police station, Port Elizabeth, in August 1985 during the partial state of emergency. See police brutality. ...

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NKABINDE, Sara Margaret

the Bophuthatswana Police at City Rocks Stadium, Winterveld, Bophuthatswana, on 26 March 1986. Ms Nkabinde was taking part in a mass protest against police brutality. 11 people were killed and 200 injured in the City Rocks shooting when police opened fire on the protesters. ...

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MOYO, Norman Baye

Was detained and beaten after police opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest against police brutality at City Rocks Stadium, Winterveld, Bophuthatswana on 26 March 1986. Eleven people were killed and 200 injured when a member of the Bophuthatswana police gave a command to open fire. See City ...

/victims/moyo_norman_baye.htm

BOOYSEN, Hercules Benjamin

A UDF supporter and CAYCO member who was detained and tortured repeatedly at the Guguletu police station, Cape Town, by named and other members of the Security Branch and Riot Police in June 1986. He was then detained under emergency regulations for several months. See police brutality.

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MALGAS, Nombolelo Evelyn

... with public violence, spending three months in custody. She was then detained on 18 June 1986 for three months under emergency regulations. See police ...

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AUGUST, Sipho

An ANC supporter who was beaten by police upon his arrest with more than seventy other youths in Robertson, Cape, on 20 November 1985. Mr August was again beaten by police on 18 June 1986 and thereafter detained for three months under emergency regulations. See police brutality.

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NAMBA, Toto

Was shot dead by members of the SAP while attending a COSAS meeting in Zwide, Port Elizabeth, on 25 June 1986 during the state of emergency and at a time of school boycotts and police patrols in the townships. See police brutality.

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NDZUZO, Lulamile Dani

Was abducted and shot dead by a member of the SAP in Stutterheim, Cape, on 28 August 1988 during the state of emergency. Police claimed that Mr Ndzuzo had been trying to escape from the charge office when he was shot. See police brutality.

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MATLOTLO, Paulos

A UDF activist who was arrested, bitten by police dogs, and detained for 14 days in Aliwal North, Cape, on 21 August 1985 during the state of emergency. He was denied access to medical treatment. See police brutality.

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MBIZA, Witnes Gezani

An ANC supporter who was tear gassed and shot in the left eye when members of the Bophuthatswana Police fired on a crowd gathered to protest against police brutality at City Rocks stadium, Winterveld, Bophuthatswana on 26 March 1986. See City Rocks shooting.

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NEELS, Hendrik

... the SAP at the police station and detained for 72 days under emergency regulations at Carnarvon and then at Victor Verster prison, Paarl, Cape. See police brutality. ...

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