An eyewitness to the shooting of a 22-year old man in Qwaqwa in the Free State during a protest, insists that he was killed by the police. Police say they will not speculate and have referred the matter to the Independent Police Directorate (IPID) for an investigation.
Residents have, for almost a week, been looting local shops and burning tyres in protest against the mayor of the Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality Vusi Tshabalala, whothey say is failing to deal with water supply cuts and power outages.
Stephen Kirker SABC reporter, Thabiso Radebe and Brigadier, Motantsi Makhele.
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Qwaqwa protester was killed by police: Eyewitness
Date: Feb 8, 2018
Residents looting local shops and burning tyres in protest against the mayor of the Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality
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