WATCH: Metro cops shoot at Cape driver attempting to evade them
By Theolin Tembo
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Cape Town - A dangerous confrontation ensued between Cape Town metro police officers and a driver after the man sped through a red light in an attempt to evade the cops.
The incident, which took place at the Racecourse Road and Otto du Plessis intersection on Monday, was caught on camera by fellow drivers and pedestrians watching on as officers engaged the driver of a silver Audi A4.
The footage shows the officers approaching the vehicle and firing at the car’s tyres, insisting that the driver to get out of the car.
PICS: COPS AND MOTORIST IN ROAD RAGE! By Buziwe Nocuze Screengrabs from the viral video of police officers shooting at a motorist’s car tyres.
A VIDEO of Metro police officers in Cape Town shooting at a driver’s car tyres has left residents shocked and scared.
In the video of an incident that happened on Monday, 25 January, the officers are seen speaking to the driver who was inside his car. They then shoot the tyres while the robots were red. As soon as they turned green, the driver drives away from the officers, who start shooting at the runaway car.
First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper.
Documents in a court action have revealed how SAPS Crime Intelligence attempted to have R45-million released from the Secret Service Account (SSA) in 2017 to deal with a “possible national security threat” of some “magnitude” before the ANC’s highly charged elective conference at Nasrec in Johannesburg in 2017.
Lieutenant General Francinah Vuma, divisional commissioner: financial management and administration, in an affidavit to the South Gauteng High Court, set out how that December a “minister in the security cluster” had alerted then president Jacob Zuma of the alleged imminent force majeure.
The nature of this threat, which warranted the secret and emergency procurement of a listening device – known as a grabber – at the outrageously inflated price of R45-million, has not yet been disclosed or determined.
Anti-Gang Unit members probed over sjambok attack
By Nicola Daniels
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Cape Town - The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) have confirmed they are investigating officers from the Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) in the province after they were captured in video footage wielding sjamboks during a search operation that allegedly took place in Worcester on Monday.
They also confirmed the victims had been identified.
In the video three officers, two male and one female, are seen confronting three men. It shows the two police officers assaulting the men with one being slapped and another hit with the sjambok.
“Ipid has instituted an investigation of the incident which has been captured in a video footage circulating in various social media platforms depicting three police officers, one sjamboking a yet to be identified man and another searching and slapping a second victim and the third member being present during the alleged assaults,” Ipid spokesperson Ndileka Cola sai
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