CORONAVIRUS DAILY DIGEST 40: Prasa loses millions, IPID admits fault in oversight, and South Africans wait to hear about repatriation flight By Christi Nortier
reports, Mpondo added that the agency is in discussions with trade unions this week on offering voluntary severance packages to workers.
In addition, IPID has received 83 reports on police behaviour during lockdown in the Western Cape. They include two deaths, 52 cases of assault and 30 cases of police discharging their firearms, heard the Covid-19 oversight committee in the Western Cape legislature. Asreports, it was also reported that police had used weapons including sjamboks, hammers and irons to assault people.
On Wednesday morning, Sea Point resident Peter Wagenaar found his car on fire. It is still unclear why it was set alight. Asreports, Wagenaar has been using his car to provide meals for up to 100 homeless people in the suburb each day. However, some residents have not approved.
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