{"id":2619,"date":"2023-06-13T19:13:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T19:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/servamusmagazine.co.za\/new\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2023-06-14T10:14:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T10:14:23","slug":"crowd-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servamusmagazine.co.za\/new\/crowd-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowd Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2619\" class=\"elementor elementor-2619\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f3dced7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f3dced7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f6666a\" data-id=\"8f6666a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24c4b30b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24c4b30b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Lehlehla v Minister of Police, (1315\/2014) [2022] ZAWCHC 235 (17 November 2022) (WCC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ms Dibakiso Alleta Lehlehla, the plaintiff (Afrikaans: &#8220;eiser&#8221;), claimed damages (Afrikaans: &#8220;skadevergoeding&#8221;) from the Minister of Police, the defendant (Afrikaans: &#8220;verweerder&#8221;), of R2.7 million before the High Court in Cape Town, from an incident that occurred on 10 August 2011 in the town of Grabouw*.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In her particulars of claim Ms Lehlehla alleged that on the day in question, at approximately 06.15, near the corner of Old Cape and Industrial Roads, Grabouw, she was &#8220;wrongfully, unlawfully, alternatively maliciously, alternatively further negligently, and without just or probable cause&#8221; shot in the right eye by members of SAPS acting in the course and scope of their employment with the defendant, and who: (a) failed to handle their firearm(s) with proper consideration for safety of members of the public; (b) failed to properly handle a firearm(s) loaded with ammunition (rubber bullets); and (c) failed to avoid the shooting of the plaintiff when by the exercise of reasonable care &#8220;he\/she\/they&#8221; could and should have done so.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the preceding, Ms Lehlehla lost her right eye (see paragraph [9] of the High Court judgment).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>After considering all the evidence presented before it, the High Court, in paragraphs [82], [84] and [85] of its judgment came to the following conclusion \u2026<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>*******************************<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>[<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">This is only an extract of an\u00a0article that is published in Servamus: April 2023. 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