South Africa: Marievale Cousins Accuse SANDF Soldiers of Assault

15 October 2019

"The soldiers kept kicking them so badly we thought they would kill them", says witness

Linda Duma and Fezile Shebi have bruises on their faces and bodies after more than ten soldiers they say assaulted them at their home in Happiness Village, Marievale, last Thursday. The two cousins had erected a new shack in their yard which the soldiers demolished.

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