News:
17 May 2013
By Isabel Venter
A detective from the Makhado SAPS tried to intimidate a journalist from the Zoutpansberger when she tried to take photographs of a police arrest on Wednesday (15th). Only minutes before, the newspaper was called to witnesses a “mob justice” taking place on the corner of Joubert and President Street in Makhado (Louis Trichardt). While the newspaper was en-route to the scene, the detective was seen taking one of the male suspects by the arm and kicking him in his side. When the journalist tried to take photographs the detective, who did not identify himself, got aggressive and threatened to break the journalist’s camera. Another employee of the newspaper captured the incident on video.