The department of defence said it was envisaged that the military ombud would conduct and conclude its investigations and report within eight weeks.
Mapisa-Nqakula said this on Friday as she announced that though an SANDF board of inquiry had found no-one liable for the death of Khosa, she had instructed the military ombud to conduct a further investigation into his death.
On May 15, the high court in Pretoria granted a number of orders, including a declaration that all people in SA were entitled to a number of rights which could not be suspended, even during the Covid-19 state of disaster. Mapisa-Nqakula said the affidavit to comply with this order was filed by a representative of the SANDF, and in that affidavit there was a final report of the internal SANDF board of inquiry.
“However, and consistent with the SANDF’s affidavit and the minister’s confirmatory affidavit to the court, a criminal investigation is still ongoing by the SAPS.”
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