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Johannesburg \u2014 The eight policemen accused of killing protester Andries Tatane were refused bail in the Ficksburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday, the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) said.<\/p>\n

The court ordered that two of the accused who suffer from diabetes be detained in a facility that would ensure they receive medication, ICD spokesman Moses Dlamini said.<\/p>\n

Members of Tatane’s family were seen hugging after the decision.<\/p>\n

The case was postponed to June 2 for further investigation.<\/p>\n

The accused were Nicodemus Israel Moiloa, Mothusi Magano, Mphonyana Ntaje, Olebogeng Mphirime, Solomon Moeketsi, Jonas Skosana, Kanathasen Munsamay and Isaac Finger.<\/p>\n

Four of them were charged with murder and six others faced a charge of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.<\/p>\n

The SABC reported that angry protesters, who wanted bail opposed, were urged not to hurl insults at the authorities as they sang and chanted.<\/p>\n

Sporting t-shirts with 33-year-old Tatane’s photo on them, the scores of protesters threatened to go on the rampage if the accused officers were granted bail.<\/p>\n

Police were deployed in large numbers to monitor the crowd.<\/p>\n

On April 13, police allegedly fired rubber bullets into Tatane’s chest and then beat him with batons during a service delivery protest in the Meqheleng township. Their action were recorded and broadcast on national television.<\/p>\n

Tatane, a teacher, was seen holding his hand against his chest after the assault and collapsed about 20 minutes later. He died before an ambulance arrived.<\/p>\n

He had apparently confronted the policemen about firing a water cannon at an elderly man.<\/p>\n

His murder, allegedly at the hands of police, was widely condemned by political parties, trade unions, and civil society.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, President Jacob Zuma said police brutality in South Africa was a concern that needed to be addressed. He made reference to Tatane’s murder and that of Jeanette Odendaal in Kempton Park.<\/p>\n

“We cannot have this culture from police,” he told reporters at Luthuli House.<\/p>\n

“I must make it clear that we don’t want people exercising violence on protesters. We condemn it totally. Tatane was just protesting when they beat him to death. It is his right to protest. This is unacceptable and the police will have to correct this way.”<\/p>\n

Odendaal, 45, was shot dead, allegedly by a police sergeant, after she crashed into a police van while trying to park her car outside the Kempton Park police station on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The officer, Manape Phineas Kgoale, 38, appeared in the Kempton Park Regional Court on Friday and had his case postponed to May 4 for bail application.<\/p>\n

National police Commissioner General Bheki Cele this week announced that the country’s 8500 crowd control police officers would get a refresher course in handling protests.<\/p>\n

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