She was released on warning on Thursday evening after being charged with contravening the Disaster Management Act.
“I was not resisting arrest. I knew I was in the wrong because I did not have a permit. I was not fighting them [police] when they put me inside the van. “I did not know them. They asked me what happened and I relayed my story. They told me they would help me with money to keep me going until the lockdown is over,” Thabethe said.
“My children do not work. I am a single parent. With the little I make from selling atchar and fried fish, I am able to buy maize meal and bread.”Her legal representative, Nthabiseng Dubazana, said the case was not placed on the court roll on Friday.
Awulaleli mama qhina umthetho
We being so pity Mzansi.what happend to Ubuntu. The oldlady should have been cautioned and sent home than arresting her😷😢
BUT ADHERE TO THE RULE THANDI WE AKSO FACING HUNGER LIKE YOU?
But we do love our President who is funny and laughs at himself. All this whilst his crony ministers flaunt their 'powers' like demigods.
Poor lady 😔 just trying to make a living
The regalia is enough for me to cooperate, there's no need for handcuffs on top an old mother
I agree and I wonder whether it was a female officer or male officer who arrested her. All the same this was pathetic and traumatic
Asile lamaphoyisa really and dey won't do that to race relations and us who know their rights always bafuna abantu bakithi who don't know their rightsSalute to everyone who helped umama dankie syabonga🙏🙏
Police are doing thier job and no citizen should tell them how to arrest them, i was handcuffed for something tht i did not do, but is a procedure for the police tht need to follow.
This is really sad. Strong guys with guns handcuff a frail lady trying to make money to put food on the table. How low has the ANC gone. I wonder it the SAPS would arrest their own mothers?
SAPS ill-treats the poor, they assess your status and that will determine your treatment, why handcuff an old lady? Humiliation is what they do best.
There I agree. There was absolutely no need for the handcuffs but what do you expect from a racist white policeman who is still stuck in apartheid policing. That was uncalled for because she was not resisting the arrest.
Our law enforcers are illiterate, need to raise minimum requirements for becoming a police officer
we need more of these lawyers willing to help people thats being bullied by the law
Dear CyrilRamaphosa.... Could you please apologize to the granny and to the rest of South Africa?
I fail to understand this such a harmless person I think more than anything they wanted to humiliate her and the UN has warned governments against using covid/19 to oppress people
Please DM me and send me her account number
Completely agree about the handcuffs - she was cooperating fully with the police and clearly wasn't a flight risk.
Crowd fund her!
WeleSeg The police fail to arrest real criminals terrorizing us.
And she is right she no criminal ... unless being black equal to criminal
How can we help this lady to survive?
Y Mara south African police sometimes. Just arrest real criminal n Liv awa mamas alone d r trying to bring food on d table
Those 2 morons mst be ashamed of themselves!!
That's true there was no need for them though the way they handling her it was terrible but they fail to arrest real criminals nje,
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