/ 28 March 2013

Andries Tatane accused back in court

Protestors hold up a banner outside the magistrates court in Ficksburg
Protestors hold up a banner outside the magistrates court in Ficksburg

The case was postponed last Friday, when the SABC reported that they were expected to apply for the charges against them to be dropped. 

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Two policemen testifying for the state claimed they had been threatened into making statements to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate. Neither of them could identify any of the accused in a video of the protest, because they were wearing helmets, according to the report. 

Tatane was beaten and shot dead, allegedly by seven police officers, during a service delivery protest in Ficksburg in April 2011.

A post mortem report handed over to the court last Monday revealed that Tatane died from a gunshot wound to the chest.