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WATCH | ‘If she dies, she dies’ – ‘Drunk’ cop ignored jailed mother’s cries for help

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A policeman has been accused of being “drunk” on duty and refusing to help a woman screaming for help from the holding cells at a Midrand police station during the weekend.

An eyewitness, who recorded the incident, spoke to TimesLIVE on condition of anonymity on Tuesday morning.

Thabo* said he went to the police station to bail out a friend who had been arrested for driving under the influence on Friday evening.

“We gave him money for bail, but the police station was not releasing him for whatever reason. They were just taking their time and said their computers were down.”

Thabo* said he left and returned on Saturday evening with three friends.

When they arrived at the station, they noticed a woman with a child in the holding cells.

According to Thabo* the woman shouted, “Help me officer, help me”.

He said he and his friends went to the front desk and informed the officer on duty that a woman was sho
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Violent protest action on N2 at Plettenberg Bay leaves woman seriously injured and fighting for her life when a brick was thrown through vehicle’s passenger-side window

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A 56-year old woman from Port Elizabeth is fighting for her life in the George Medi-Clinic in the Southern Cape, after suffering severe head injuries during violent protest action on the N-2 at Plettenberg Bay on Wednesday.

Haydee de Doncker and her husband were travelling back home from their vacation in Gouritsmond when a brick was thrown through the passenger-side window. Her daughter, Erin Burns, says she suffered facial fractures and a serious head injury. Burns says they can’t understand why violence must always be the answer, when people cannot get what they want.

“They’re protesting for service delivery, housing and what-not, that has nothing to do with the innocent people that are law-abiding and are just trying to make their way home. To go through such a traumatic experience, and for what? What did they achieve? Violence is never the answer.”

A Qolweni community leader, Thandanani Mdatyulwa, says they do not s
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WATCH| Elderly woman knocked down by kitchen staff at care home and left on floor in pain

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An elderly woman underwent emergency surgery and is temporarily in a wheelchair after a kitchen worker at a care home has knocked her down, she was left helpless with a broken hand on the floor.

Elize Devenish’s (79) family filed a charge of assault with police after a kitchen worker at Ons Tuiste in Engo’s center for the elderly in Bloemfontein knocked her down when she took a cup of yoghurt after breakfast.

Images of the incident shows how Devenish was left on the floor for about five minutes while in pain.

 

There is an argument between the worker and Devenish first. Then she got up and walked to
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Image went viral where woman casually wears SAPS uniform while doing groceries at a retail outlet – what a humiliation to the SAPS

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An unidentified woman was pictured recently wearing the South African Police Service (SAPS) uniform in a casual way.

Twitter parody account @AdvBarryRoux shared the image earlier today. It’s unclear where it was taken. The had untucked her shirt, pulled the bottom of her pants up above her ankles, and wore sandals. She appeared to be doing her groceries at a retail outlet.

The image went viral, receiving more than 160 replies and 300 likes so far. It was also retweeted close to 160 times. Most social media users expressed disapproval at how the woman had turned the uniform into a casual outfit.

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