JUSTICE FOR DUMISANI JOXO: SAHRC hearings into attacks on Cape Town’s homeless after police shooting of Rondebosch man

Details of the proposed hearings emerged during a virtual meeting that not only looked into the circumstances surrounding the death of homeless man Dumisani Joxo on Sunday, 9 January 2022, but also into systemic attacks on homeless people in general.

Ndifuna Ukwazi said in a statement it had noted claims by the city that its law enforcement officers were trained for six months. This included theoretical and supervised practical training. On the issue of firearms training, he said, “Officers have to consider multiple factors before drawing a weapon, including whether they can disengage, which might involve taking a few steps away from the perceived threat and considering the environment and circumstances they are in, like a confined space, for example.”

“So basically, unless you are in a secure safe house and you are out in the open, there is this increased risk that manifests, as we have seen in violence by people given weapons by the State and told to enforce the law with those weapons,” he said. Roshila Nair, convenor of the basic needs working group of the Covid-19 People’s Coalition, believes that to prevent a recurrence of fatal incidents, all households in Rondebosch should receive a notification outlining homeless people’s rights and needs.

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