There are daily reports of the abuse of power by the security forces. I have not heard senior police and army officers, ministers or the president call out this behaviour. We cannot forsake our Constitution because of the lockdown, writes Trevor Manuel
SA has another glorious opportunity to honour Madiba’s call, but tolerance of abusive security force behaviour will jeopardise this
He returned home and, together with a friend, they checked the brake light and confirmed that it was indeed working. I write this 26 years later – to the day of that great day in our history – and 24 years after the adoption of our great Constitution. The tragedy of the behaviour of our security services in implementing the Covid-19 coronavirus national lockdown regulations is that their conduct has so often gone against the letter and spirit of our Constitution.
If indeed it is correct that the soldiers who allegedly bludgeoned Collins Khoza to death in Alexandra township, north of Johannesburg, have not been suspended, then this is a travesty of every aspect of our Constitution
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