Anger Over Police Brutality in South Africa
Mourners at the memorial service of taxi driver Mido Macia - who died in a police cell hours after being dragged behind a police van - vented their anger throughout the event on Wednesday. Macia is expected to be buried in Mozambique on Saturday.
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South Africa:
Roots of the Crisis Facing the Police
ISS, 7 March 2013
The recent death of Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia at the hands of police officials has once again turned the world's attention to police brutality in South Africa. Read more »
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Rights groups and civil society have called for more action to be taken against eight policemen from a Johannesburg police station where Mozambican taxi driver, Mido Macia, died in ... Read more »
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As the policemen implicated in the death of Daveyton taxi Driver Mido Macia apply for bail, a ninth policeman has also been arrested in connection with the crime. Read more »