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Riot police officers shield off stones thrown by students during their protest against university tuition hikes outside the union building in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Oct. 23, 2015. Eight police officers assigned to a security team protecting South Africa’s deputy president have been arrested and are expected to appear in court on Monday, July 24, 2023 after they were caught on video kicking and stomping on two men on a Johannesburg highway this month. One of the men was kicked unconscious in the attack. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

South Africa arrests 8 officers assigned to the country’s deputy president over highway brutality

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FILE — Then former African National Congress (ANC) treasurer general and now South African Deputy President, Paul Mashatile, center, walks out following a meeting of the ANC's national executive committee, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday Dec. 2, 2022. Mashatile's office said Tuesday, July 4, 2023 that a video showing armed police assaulting a man on a freeway until he lay motionless were part of the security team protecting Mashaile. There are no indications that Mashatile was present during the incident. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Outrage erupts in South Africa over video of deputy president’s security officers stomping on man

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