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Police Minister Bheki Cele says he will meet with the Lamontville community on Sunday to unpack what really happened with the shooting of a 33-year-old woman.
A stretch of the N2 highway, alongside the border of eSwatini, near where an Ermelo police Warrant Officer abducted and raped a 17-year-old school girl in June 2014. (Photo by Annelia Smit)
Policemen have been accused of nearly 1 000 rapes since 2012. Many of these suspects stand accused of abusing the authority of their positions to aid them in these crimes, a new investigation by Viewfinder has found. Yet, police management rarely disciplines or dismisses the officers involved.
On the afternoon of 6 June 2014, 36-year-old Ermelo police Warrant Officer Sipho was sitting alone in a white bakkie on a quiet stretch of the N2 highway in south-eastern Mpumalanga. Through his windshield, Sipho spotted 17-year-old schoolgirl Lerato
Wednesday 4 August 2021 - 6:00am
On 31 July, the community of Laingville in St Helena Bay paid tribute to 9-year-old Leo Williams. He died on this day a year ago. Police officers attending to a service delivery protest are allegedly to blame for his killing. eNCA s Monique Mortlock has the story. Courtesy #DStv403
CAPE TOWN - No arrests mean no closure for the family of a slain 9-year old boy in St Helena Bay on the West Coast.
Leo Williams died last year after being hit by a stray rubber bullet, allegedly fired by a police officer during a service delivery protest.
A year after Leo Williams (9) was fatally injured when a police rubber bullet struck his head on 31 July 2020, no one has yet been arrested.
Leo had been playing with friends inside a corrugated iron structure where he lives in St Helena Bay while a violent protest took place in the streets outside. A rubber bullet fired by police penetrated the structure and slammed into Leo’s head.
Residents from Laingville in St Helena Bay on the West Coast, Western Cape, held a commemoration service on Saturday, 31 July for Leo Williams. (Photo: Supplied)
He was rushed to hospital, but doctors were unable to remove the rubber bullet as it was too close to his brain. Leo died on Monday, 17 August 2020. Doctors removed the rubber bullet during an autopsy.