News24 reports that police captain JM Henrico, who is facing a charge of crimen injuria after allegedly calling his subordinates the k-word, will now answer to the accusations when he goes on trial on 5 September.  

After appearing briefly in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Friday, it was heard that Henrico had abandoned his representations as to why he should not be prosecuted, and was now ready to proceed to trial.  Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) attorney Wayne Ncube, representing the complainants, said that they had also filed representations to spell out their case, and why the matter should go to trial.  Ncube said the trial would run over two days and that Henrico intended calling six witnesses to the stand, while the State would call three or four witnesses.  Henrico, who is a police officer at Pretoria Central Police Station, has been accused of using racial slurs and verbally harassing his colleagues.  The complaints date back as far as 2016.  Some police officials have also alleged that complainants faced further victimisation after opening internal departmental and criminal cases.

• Read this report by Alex Mitchley in full at News24

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