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FILE: Former Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz. Picture: @AlbertFritz_DA/Twitter

Water cannon

Fritz will ask Ipid to probe why SAPS used water cannon on Sassa beneficiaries

By Regan Thaw

People, among them senior citizens who'd been queuing Outside Social Security Agency offices in January, were left drenched.

  • Cape Town Disaster Risk Management is assessing water damaged homes  in Khayelitsha. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN.

    Massive water cannon on the cards for CT

    It’s understood the 5,000 litre cannon will be used to clean up the mess left behind by protesters.

    2553 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS.

    Water cannons used on foreign protesters in Durban

    When protesters refused to leave they say police opened fire with water cannons.

    2690 days ago
  • Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa urged officers to make use of water cannons instead of rubber bullets. Picture: EWN.

    Cops mustn't use rubber bullets

    The police ministry says it would rather South African Police Service use water cannons during protests.

    3666 days ago
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