This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.News24 reports that the defence lawyer for eight VIP officers tasked with protecting Deputy President Paul Mashatile told a witness a video did not support his testimony they had assaulted him.
In July 2023, a video went viral that showed the accused allegedly assaulting motorists on the N1 in Joburg. The officers face 12 charges. On Thursday, the State's second witness testified during his evidence-in-chief he had been assaulted until he was unconscious. "In the video that you saw, you can agree that nowhere before 10 seconds do we see you. At the instances where you are depicted in the video, can you confirm there's no instance where one of the accused hits you?" defence lawyer Mswazi Makhubele put to the witness. The witness agreed, but maintained he was assaulted. Makhubele said the accused denied kicking the witness in the face or anywhere else. "At the time he approached you, did he look down as he was hitting you?" he asked. The witness said the officer did and that was how he saw his face. The defence proceeded to question the witness on why he did not go to a doctor when he arrived at the military base if he had suffered injuries. The case has been postponed to 20 August for the State's third witness to be called.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Aphelele Mbokotho at News24
- Read too, Witness tells court VIP cops kicked him in the face, hit him on back of his head, at News24
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