A lawsuit has now been filed in the High Court in Pretoria seeking guidance on the rules of engagement for defence force personnel on lockdown duty. According to
this account:
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (Seri) has also asked to join the case as a friend of the court, saying it wants to argue that there needs to be widely publicised and clearly set out standards in place for the use of force by the security services.
“What is striking about the abuses referred to in the applicants’ founding papers is the apparent absence of any detailed public standards known and internalised by security service officers, governing the exercise of reasonable force,” Seri’s Nomzamo Zondo said in an affidavit.
This case is likely to move very quickly considering the urgency of the issues.
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