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Man arrested at Pretoria home affairs for taking pictures

Source: The Citizen, 13/10/2015

A man was bundled into a police truck on Tuesday morning for allegedly
taking pictures while queuing at home affairs in Marabastad,
Pretoria.

Zimbabwean national Wilson Kwatamanzi said police officers, some
wearing civilian clothes on top of their police uniforms, demanded R50
for him to maintain his position in the long queue.

After spending hours in the police truck, parked inside the home
affairs offices, Kwatamanzi was released from the police truck and
told to leave the premises. He went outside to find a place in the
queue again.

Moments later, police officers, in civilian clothes pounced on
Kwatamanzi again. "Why are you outside. You`re my suspect and I`m
taking you inside," said the police officer in plain clothes before
bundling Kwatamanzi into the police truck again.

Several police officers, some holding batons, then threaten to assault
African News Agency (ANA) for taking photos at the scene. Numerous men
were controlling the queue outside, holding batons and rubber
whips.

The manager of the Marabastad office Macanda Mthetho declined to
comment on the matter.

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