THURSDAY, 10.00PM:
BONGANI MAGUBANE, a 36-year-old deputy school principal from Sahlumbe, KwaZulu-Natal, has died after allegedly being assaulted with a wheel spanner during an argument with police task force members near the Mooi River toll plaza on Monday afternoon.
According to his brother, Themba Magubane, Bongani was travelling from Durban to Ladysmith when there was an altercation between him and the occupants of a police vehicle as both vehicles approached the toll gate. Magubani sustained severe head injuries and later died at Estcourt hospital.
KwaZulu-Natal police spokesman Superintendent Henry Budhram on Thursday confirmed the incident and said that the matter is being investigated by the “…internal investigation unit in conjunction with the Independent Complaints Directorate”.
The incident comes shortly after a Cape Town journalist lost his left eye after allegedly being attacked by policemen in Guguletu.
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