Police watchdog report finds that metro police members did not participate in the assault
The minister’s media statement follows a letter from Khosa’s attorneys that they were considering a perjury charge or a complaint with the Public Protector
Despite a court-ordered deadline for the completion of the internal investigation, no explanation is given for Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s contradictory positions
“Until the law itself makes it nigh impossible for tragedies like Tatane, Marikana and Khosa to occur without real consequence, our fractured relationship with authority will…
Guidelines can’t regulate the police and military’s use of lethal force and will, in the end, be subordinate to bad legislation
The guidelines follow a court order in the case of Collins Khosa, who died after an alleged assault by members of the army and the Johannesburg metro police
The family of Collins Khosa is threatening to seek a personal costs order against Police Minister Bheki Cele
In its ruling the high court sought to restore the ‘social contract’ between citizens and government after the assault and death of Collins Khosa
![Pretoria high court Judge Hans Fabricius gave a number of orders, including one that Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and Police Minister Bheki Cele must “ensure that internal investigations into the incidents listed below [including Khosa’s] are completed and reports are furnished to this court on or before June 4”.](https://images.newsteam.io/image/1000/2Bq28FuGKoJucPnyTTBy4sUtuWYKSHSNNZ3mAoz3Ga2ZbmHVFc4MMcpkhzyxjr6K9pp8pCLtdwAu3VDz9LwYRj9bYk76a2gAwuhHKEr4uzdx1m9hwMgiujGcfVXu2dbfTkEE6uw28r2gwNpEQw9DMcW)
