The provincial public safety and liaison portfolio committee expressed disappointment in a report on police brutality and ordered the Independent Police Investigations Directorate (Ipid) to do a thorough job in its investigations.

The committee has summoned the Ipid to get an update on various cases of police brutality in the province in the recent years.

Some of the cases have received extensive media coverage, like the one of a woman police constable who dragged a man to death in Klerksdorp last year and the one of Morgan Motlhala of Lomanyaneng village, who was dragged by the collar alongside a police car.

Another Lomanyangeng resident, Tshepiso Nebe, died at the hands of police but circumstances around the issue remain sketchy.

At the hearing, the provincial Ipid’s report did not satisfy the committee and a committee member recommended they should call the pathologist who did the post-mortem on the body of Tshepiso Nebe. The state lawyer in the case should also give detailed information on the matter.

The committee was briefed on a recent incident in a Ganyesa village where it is alleged police officers went to a tavern in the area to issue a fine but got involved in a brawl with patrons. The officers allegedly fired shots and one person was fatally wounded.

However, it was not clear what Ipid was doing in these cases because they remained unresolved.

Committee chairperson Mahlakeng Mahlakeng said they were not happy on how the report was drafted as it had inaccuracies with some of the incidents.

“The facts in the late Tshepiso Nebe case and Ganyesa incidents were confusing in terms of the actual investigations. What was reported and explained to us was totally different from what was on the report and there were no clear details of the incidents. We are giving them two weeks to put together a comprehensive report,” Mahlakeng said.

Ipid provincial director for investigations, Batseba Motlhale said the directorate would make sure it gave the committee a detailed report on all incidents of police brutality in the province after two weeks.

“We will brief the committee on how we are intending to charge police officers who don’t report brutality incidents on time as it is unlawful according to Section 33 of the Ipid Act,” she said.

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Orlando Pirates advanced to the last 16 of the CAF Champions League with a 2-1 victory (3-1 on aggregate) over Zanaco at FNB stadium on Saturday.

Pirates came into the last 32 second leg match with a 1-0 lead from the first leg against the Zambian champions played in Lusaka on March 16.

The opening goal of the encounter came through a stunning effort from Khethowakhe Masuku in the 18th minute. Masuku produced a wonder left-footed first-time strike from 25 metres out to make it 1-0 to Pirates, after Zanaco had failed to clear a loose ball on the edge of the area.

Andile Jali went over in the 20th minute with what looked like an ankle injury and played no further part in the game.

Masuku nearly doubled the advantage in the 31st minute, from a similar position from where he scored, this time running with the ball, and unleashing a shot with his right foot that had the Zanaco keeper beaten, but the ball drifted just wide.

Zanaco scored the equaliser in the 48th minute through a headed goal from Musonda Mwape. Mwape had a free run in the box and made no mistake in finding the back of the net from close range, to level up the match and lurk a single goal behind Pirates on aggregate.

Mpho Makola, however, sealed the aggregate victory for Pirates with a perfectly taken setpiece in the 76th minute. From 30 metres out, Makola took a free kick and struck it perfectly to curl the ball into the top right corner and made it 2-1 to Pirates on the night. – Sapa

By Obakeng Maje

Cape Town- A 34 year-old man has been arrested in Cape Town after found in possession of illegal firearms.

Police said a man was arrested after a tip-off and they found AK47 that was stolen in Kwazulu-Natal back in 1999.

“A man was arrested after R5 rifle, 9mm pistol and AK47 were found at his house hidden under a bath tub in bath room” captain F C Van Wyk told Sapa.

A man was arrested on Friday and will appear at Athlone Magistrate Court on Monday.

Police said R5 rifle was stolen at Parow police station back in 2011.

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