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Daily news update: Everything you need to know about the VIP protection assault, a 44-hour water in Joburg, and more.

A video of the incident has gone viral on social media, showing the driver of a blue VW Polo being dragged from the vehicle and then being assaulted.

The Automobile Association says the vicious assault on three men by members of the SAPS VIP Protection Unit is a concern over the threat the unit poses to motorists.

The officers face charges of assault, malicious damage to property, and the pointing of a firearm after video footage emerged of them assaulting three people on the N1 highway in Fourways.

The recent video of a VIP protection unit brutally assaulting three motorists has horrified people around the country.

The SAPS VIP Protection Unit members who were captured assaulting a motorist are attached to Paul Mashatile’s protection detail.

‘Its R8 million per person protected per year for a group of people, many of whom frankly do not require VIP protection as far as Im concerned,’ says Mark Heywood, a Daily Maverick columnist and activist.

A video of the vicious attack went viral showing SANDF members being dragged from the vehicle and then being assaulted by VIP Protection unit

This comes after a video went viral of four VIP police unit members assaulting civilians on the N1 highway at the weekend.

Security specialist Craig Perdersen shares insights into what the 'blue-light brigade' is and its function.