VIP protection assault

2023 - 7 - 4

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Paul Mashatile VIP assault highlights police protection an expensive ... (Daily Maverick)

Late on Monday night video footage circulated rapidly on social media of members of the South African Police Service's VIP Protection Unit viciously assaulting ...

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VIP Unit assault | Deputy President confirms members assigned to him (eNCA)

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has confirmed that the VIP Protection Unit Members caught in the N1 incident are assigned to him.

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Heavily armed SAPS VIP protection unit members who assaulted a ... (Independent Online)

A video captured by a motorist went viral on Monday night. It had people, mostly civilians, calling out the illegal behaviour of a group of men who are ...

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VIP officers in assault video are part of Mashatile security detail | The ... (Mail and Guardian)

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) said the victims were military trainees. Mashatile's spokesperson, Vukani Mde, told the Mail & Guardian ...

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Mashatile speaks out against VIP protection members' assault video (South African Government News Agency)

The Deputy President has spoken out on Tuesday after a video of his VIP protection officers, allegedly assaulting three civilians on the Gauteng highway, ...

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Police assault on highway involved members of Mashatile's ... (Business Day)

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has confirmed that members of his security team were involved in the assault of two people on the side of a highway and has ...

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Mashatile confirms VIP protection members in assault video are part ... (HeraldLIVE)

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has broken his silence over the assault of civilians allegedly at the hands of VIP protection members, confirming they are ...

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VIP protection assault victims are military trainees, says Ipid, but ... (DispatchLIVE)

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate says the victims of an alleged assault by Deputy President Paul Mashatile's protectors are military ...

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VIP Protection assault: Ipid says SAPS management are ... (Independent Online)

Ipid said investigators have already been in contact with the family members of the victims so that they could be assisted in laying charges.

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IPID confirms that victims in VIP Protection assault have been ... (SABC News)

This as pressure continues to mount on police watchdog to investigate footage showing members of SAPS' VIP Protection Services attached to Deputy President Paul ...

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Victims of alleged VIP Protection Unit assault on N1 tell their story (DispatchLIVE)

The victims' vehicle was subsequently boxed in by more SUVs and forced, in formation, to the left side of the N1 highway. The occupants of the SUVs exited ...

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Shocking assault by VIP protection officers requires 'speedy ... (SAPeople News)

A video of a shocking incident showing South African Police Services (SAPS) VIP protection officers appearing to assault motorists in Gauteng has gone viral ...

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Victims of alleged VIP Protection Unit assault on N1 tell their story (TimesLIVE)

The victims' vehicle was subsequently boxed in by more SUVs and forced, in formation, to the left side of the N1 highway. The occupants of the SUVs exited ...

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Four of eight cops linked to alleged VIP protection assault suspended (HeraldLIVE)

Four of the eight VIP protection unit members linked to the alleged N1 assault of members of the military have been suspended, police confirmed on Wednesday ...

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Mashatile's VIP protectors slapped with suspensions after assault on ... (News24)

Four warrant officers from the police's Presidential Protection Services (PPS) were handed notices of suspension on Tuesday after they were seen on video ...

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Four of eight cops linked to alleged VIP protection assault suspended (TimesLIVE)

Four of the eight VIP protection unit members linked to the alleged N1 assault of members of the military have been suspended, police confirmed on Wednesday ...

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Victims of alleged VIP Protection Unit assault on N1 tell their story (HeraldLIVE)

The three occupants of a VW Polo who were allegedly assaulted by VIP Protection Unit members are all SA National Defence Force members, with at least one of ...

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Four VIP Protection Unit officers served with suspension letters (Eyewitness News)

A video of the incident has gone viral on social media, showing the driver of a blue VW Polo being dragged from the vehicle and then being assaulted.

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SA defence union provides more details on N1 VIP Protection Unit ... (Eyewitness News)

The defence unit confirmed that the incident where three civilians were assaulted by members of a VIP Protection Unit on the N1 highway in Fourways happened ...

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Victims of VIP Protection attack have strong basis for legal action (Citizen)

Three South African National Defence Force (SANDF) trainees who were viciously attacked by members of the police VIP Protection Services last weekend probably ...

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