Mandela’s great-grandson says police beat him for no reason

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Nelson Mandela’s great-grandson, television presenter and political activist Mayibuye Mandela, has opened a case of assault against police officers who he alleged beat him without provocation on the weekend.

his legal team was writing to police minister Bheki Cele, national police commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole and Eastern Cape provincial police commissioner Lt-Gen Liziwe Ntshinga about his intention to sue the police service for police brutality.

He said he and two friends were driving in a bakkie on a gravel road from Mqhekezweni Great Place outside Mthatha at 8.30pm on Saturday when they were stopped by four police officers. “A policewoman and policeman started beating me with a stick. They forced me down and I sustained bruises on my face when they put their boots on my head to suppress me.”

 

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Was unaware that law enforcement could ever have a reason to beat or assault any person?

Don’t he have his parents lento nizokufaka u Mandela?

Nelson Mandela has nothing to do with this case, let him first be treated like a human, that's all we ask. Mentioning him being Nelson Mandela's great-grandson is unnecessary

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