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Parliament condemns alleged abuse by SANDF

15 April 2020, 8:35 AM  |
Zalene Merrington Zalene Merrington |  @SABCNews
There have been reports of alleged abuse by members of the South African National Defence Force in enforcing lockdown regulations.

There have been reports of alleged abuse by members of the South African National Defence Force in enforcing lockdown regulations.

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There have been reports of alleged abuse by members of the South African National Defence Force in enforcing lockdown regulations.

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans has condemned alleged use of excessive force by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in ensuring the public’s adherence to lockdown regulations.

Chairperson Cyril Xaba says the acts that the media and members of the public have exposed are disheartening.

Xaba says the military’s use of excessive force is deplorable.

He says while the committee is in full support of the deployment of the army to assist police, these actions undermine the dignity of the citizens.

Xaba appealed to those responsible for behaving in an unbecoming way to conduct themselves in a manner befitting to their stature and consistent with their Constitutional obligations.

He also appealed to citizens to adhere to regulations, not to resist arrest and to report abuse of civil rights.

 

Alleged brutality leads to death of a man in Alexandra

A 40-year-old man from Alexandra, north of Johannesburg died last week after he was allegedly assaulted by members of the SANDF.

SANDF decided to kill this sweet soul who Is a brother to my friend. May his soul rest in peace #SANDF pic.twitter.com/HzISayX92I

— Mastermind (@siyahebe_hebe) April 12, 2020

The man’s wife claims they were beaten by soldiers who were patrolling and enforcing lockdown restrictions in the area.

Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi has since offered his legal services to the family.

The video below contains more details:

Some members of the public have also taken to Social Media to express their frustrations over alleged acts of abuse by members of the SANDF:

Some #sandf don’t know what they supposed to do really. This is absolute nonsense. Why punish someone for going to buy groceries? Her crime is not having a car! pic.twitter.com/kTTV2iDtPJ

— His Excellency (@eemz_em) April 12, 2020

We Are not Safe if we Are being Killed by The same people who are supposed to protect us #SANDF pic.twitter.com/k5HNXfLYmy

— Velile_Mabu?? (@VelileMabu) April 12, 2020

Defence Minister condemns alleged brutality 

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has since condemned alleged brutality by some members of the SANDF.

In the video below, Mapisa-Nqakula says such conduct cannot be condoned:

-Additional reporting by SABC Digital News

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