Mbalula ordered to cough up for unlawful arrests
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula and the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality in the Eastern Cape have been ordered by the Eastern Cape High Court (Mthatha) to pay damages of R1 515 000 plus interest for the unlawful arrest and detention of 14 people‚ one of them EFF MP Fana Mokoena, according to a TimesLIVE report.
Mokoena‚ the EFF’s OR Tambo interim regional co-ordinator‚ Mbuyisi Mgibisa‚ and the party’s KSD ward 7 leader‚ Sisa Xundu‚ were arrested and accused of defeating the ends of justice. Other residents of KwaRay informal settlement‚ now called Maiden Farm‚ were arrested for land invasion. The judge ordered the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality to pay 11 plaintiffs R60 000 each‚ Mgibisa and Xundu R70 000 each and Makoena R85 000.
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