Cape Town – Police have paid out more than R200 million to settle civil claims in the past financial year, Parliament heard yesterday.

National police commissioner General Riah Phiyega also conceded that the police’s image was in tatters and in need of fixing, following cases that made international headlines – like the Marikana massacre and the alleged murder of Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia by police last year.
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