Detained without charge for 158 days

[schumi]

Nkululeko Msongelwa was arrested and detained on August 7, 2011, by members of the SAPS while in a local tavern in Mthatha with friends.

He remained detained for 158 days, until he was released, without being charged with any offence.

The police arrived at the tavern and ordered them to face the wall with their hands up. They were bodily searched and Msongelwa was told that he was under arrest but no reason for his incarceration was given. He resisted and he was shot on the ankle. He was handcuffed and thrown onto the back of a police van. He also sustained a fractured ankle.

From there, he was transported to Mandela Hospital where he was detained under armed police guard and chained to the bed.

Later, he was transferred to Bedford Hospital and again detained under police guard. That is where he spent time. His friends and relatives were allowed to visit him in the presence of the police. He testified that being guarded by two or three armed police men gave the impression to people that he was a “thug”.

He was discharged on August 19 and was taken to Mqanduli police station where he was detained, with an ankle in a plaster cast, in the police cell. He testified that the cell was small, it being 4x4m.

They were made to lie on very thin mattresses. The inmates ill-treated him. He was forced to frog-jump and if he refused, he was struck.

The toilet was blocked and the water over-flowed. He was made to clean the stinking toilet.

Because of the blockage, the toilet had to be covered with a blanket. The food was stamp mealies, which was not properly cooked.

More at : https://www.iol.co.za/sundayindepen...158-days-f3218343-29fe-41c6-9b31-3cf53ed8916a

 

[chrisc]

The R5m the SAPS paid in compensation could have been better spent in proper training for SAPS officers

 

[R13...]

Worst thing is the tax payer foots the bill for the abuses, the rotten coppers carry on their merry ways continuing to draw salaries and benefits.

 

[nightjar]

Man has spent 10 years in prison. Appeared in court 91 times. Still not convicted of any crime
Sibusiso Mavuka is just one of more than 40,000 people awaiting trial behind bars in SA.

Man has spent 10 years in prison. Appeared in court 91 times. Still not convicted of any crime | The Citizen

Sibusiso Mavuka is just one of more than 40,000 people awaiting trial behind bars in SA.

citizen.co.za

Legalbrief reported on 19 October 2020 that Sibusiso Mavuka is still in prison.

 

[grok]

Demockracy, LOL..

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Detained for 158 days?
How i felt during the government lockdown