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Family also wants a statue in remembrance of Collins Khosa
Collins Khosa is hoping that the State will come to the table this R60 million in compensation for the loss of their only breadwinner.
The military ombudsman has recommended that soldiers implicated in Collins Khosa’s killing face disciplinary action.
The Minister had stood firmly behind the soldiers, but she now promised to comply with the recommendations of the ombudsman after it found the soldiers had acted improperly and in violation of the SANDF code of conduct.
Nomsa Montsha says she has not given up hope that justice will be served as she prepared to take on government. The military ombudsman found the SANDF members were liable for Collins Khosa death.
A report by the Military Ombudsman found that the soldiers acted improperly, irregularly, and in contravention of their code of conduct when they entered Khosa’s home in Alexandra earlier this year to enforce lockdown regulations.
Military Ombudsman Vusumuzi Masondo has recommended that disciplinary action be taken against the soldiers involved as well as the commander of the platoon they belong to.
Over the past three months, Ipid has received 588 complaints from members of the public against the police.
The City of Cape Town is well-known for its brutality and mostly ill-conceived plans to deal with those who occupy land, writes Judith February.
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Mapisa-Nqakula has appeared before the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) to answer oral questions as part of the peace and security cluster.
The family has called an army inquiry that cleared four soldiers who assaulted Khosa a "sham", and the officers' presence is yet to be dealt with.
Collins Khosa died following an altercation with members of the SANDF during lockdown operations on Good Friday.
EFF leader Julius Malema said that his party has helped the family secure funding for the funeral but now those responsible must pay for his death.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) held a solidarity protest with the 'Black Lives Matter' movement outside the US embassy in Pretoria.
Malema was speaking at an EFF solidarity protest at the US Embassy in Pretoria on Monday after the killing of an African American man, George Floyd, by police in Minneapolis last month.
Ramaphosa's statement comes after Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said that her department’s inquiry, which cleared soldiers of wrongdoing in Khosa’s death, will not be reopened.
The President spoke at the ANC’s anti-racism campaign on Friday night, where he condemned the unjustified use of violence by law enforcement officials against civilians.
The ANCWL secretary-general Meokgo Matuba said what looked like individuals who had launched attacks on Dlamini-Zuma actually had the backing of the tobacco industry.
Not in My Name picketed outside the US embassy in Pretoria on Friday, calling for an end to police brutality in SA and the US following the deaths of George Floyd and Collins Khosa.
Collins Khosa died in April, with his family accusing soldiers of assaulting him at his home in Alexandra while they were enforcing lockdown regulations.