A soldier and a member of the South African police service search a house as they enforce a 21-day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus in Eldorado Park, South Africa, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File PhotoWorldSouth Africans joined calls on Tuesday for action against police brutality following the deaths of at least 10 black people at the hands of police. What is new is that during this lockdown, a harsher spotlight has been shone on these abuses,” said Thato Masiangoako, a researcher for the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa. “Security forces were deployed mainly to poor black areas like high density townships. “COVID-19 has opened up the brutal inequality in South Africa.

Source: Standard Digital June 09, 2020 20:41 UTC