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By Chris Ndaliso 
2h ago
Sphesihle Zikalala, 33, said she had gone to town to buy groceries on Monday morning.
“I realized that I had forgotten to buy electricity, so when I returned to my area (Steadville), I went to the local spaza store, not far from home. I was leaving the store when this VW Kombi with its sliding doors fully open pulled up next to me, ”said Zikalala.
He said officers demanded to know what he was doing on the street.
“I still had my city grocery bags and spaza store electricity, but they didn’t bother asking for receipts or looking in plastic bags.
“The male officers told me on the count of three that I should not be near the area. At least one of the officers defended my case, telling his colleagues that he couldn’t run because of the packages he was carrying, but they all laughed, “he said.
While trying to walk quickly, he said he heard gunshots and something hit him in the back of the head and another in the neck. Blood ran down his left side and he realized he was shot.
Her uncle, Dumisani Dlamini, said he was scared that people would be shot for buying food and electricity.
What if he had died from the wounds? Why did they target his head? Something has to be done because it seems that some of the police do not know what their mandate is. My nephew could not have committed a crime going to the stores for essential items. Action must be taken against the culprits. ”
Zikalala reported the incident at the Ladysmith Police Station. He said he was told that the case would be handled by the Independent Police Investigation Directorate (Ipid).
National Police spokesman Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo forwarded the Daily News to Ipid, who had not commented at the time of publication.
The Police Portfolio Committee, which was expected to receive an update from Ipid on cases of abuse of power by police during the shutdown, yesterday postponed its planned “virtual meeting”.
“The committee considers this meeting necessary and urgent. However, to avoid any possible duplication, the committee has had to postpone Wednesday’s meeting, as it intends to hold a joint meeting with the Security and Justice Select Committee to ensure more thorough questioning of the issues, “he said. committee chair Tina Joemat-Pettersson.
Meanwhile, Police Minister Bheki Cele said earlier this week that there was a “significant drop” in most crime categories. “At the appropriate time after closing, we will give a full picture of the crime, as we still have to present the 2019/2020 crime statistics to Parliament. At this stage, we have compared crime for the period from March 27, 2020 to April 20, 2020, with the same period in 2019, and we welcome the decrease in contact and trio crimes, both categories of crimes that they are known to instill fear and terror. among our citizens, “he said.
He said a similar comparison had shown a notable decrease in home-related crimes, such as murder, attempted murder, rape and sexual assault.
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