The Johannesburg Public Safety Department has blamed the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) for the death of Economic Freedom Fighters councillor Mpho Mphahlele.
Mphahlele was shot during a scuffle between Alexandra residents and the police last week.
Officers reportedly opened fire on the disgruntled individuals who had been evicted from government-owned container flats in the township.
Public Safety MMC Mgcini Tshwaku met with residents on Saturday to brief them on a possible solution to the housing dispute.
Mgcini also shared an update on the investigation into Mphahlele’s death:
“The autopsy that we saw when we spoke to IPID showed that Mphahlele was shot here (on the side of the head). If a councillor conducts an oversight visit SAPS and JMPD are supposed to protect that individual in the eventuality that they have to disperse a crowd. Whether with water cannons, because we have a water cannon why didn’t they use it here?”
-EWN
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