Johannesburg – “Don’t you know that a Shangaan (Mozambican) does not come out alive from Daveyton police station cells?

Linah Khoza, left, Justice Malatis widow, in mourning at her home. The last time she saw her husband alive was when police arrested him for being drunk in public and resisting arrest on Sunday.Picture: Itumeleng English. 
(Credit: THE STAR)

This is the question a neighbour had asked Justice Malati’s wife Linah Khoza, moments after the 36-year-old man was confirmed dead in the police station cells on Monday.

The neighbour, Poti Bheziya, had accompanied Khoza to Daveyton police station after Malati’s arrest on Monday.

Relatives believe Malati was beaten up while in custody but the police version differs from theirs.

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