Police’s excessive use of rubber bullets in situations of public order policing in the spotlight
The lack of proper regulations and better control of the use of rubber bullets in public order policing situations is once again in the spotlight. This follows the recent acquittal of four South African Police Service (SAPS) members, who were charged with the 2021 killing of Mthokozisi Ntumba. Ntumba died after being shot with rubber bullets while leaving a clinic in Braamfontein. The Institute for Security Studies says Ntumba’s death forms […]
