The case has been set down for four days.

There was a strong police presence at the court.

Tatane’s relatives and local residents filled the gallery. His wife Rose and other family members arrived at court at 8am, about an hour before the case was supposed to start, and took their seats in the front row.

A court orderly asked those in the public gallery not to react or comment when the video of the day in question was screened.

Tatane was killed in Meqheleng, allegedly by public order police, during a service delivery protest on April 13 last year.

The accused are: Nicodemus Israel Moiloa, Mothusi Magano, Mphonyana Ntaje, Olebogeng Mphirime, Solomon Moeketsi, Jonas Skosana, Kanathasen Munsamay, and Isaac Finger.

Video footage showed riot police beating Tatane during a march to the Setsoto municipal offices in Ficksburg. Over several days, roads were blocked with stones and bricks, and tyres set alight.

Two of the policemen are charged with murder. The other six face charges of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

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Apr 23, 2012

RobinH

I will watch this trial with great interest.
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Apr 23, 2012

tsayaya

@Sowetan, don't you think that this picture is traumatic for Tatane's family?
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Apr 23, 2012

somaartakeit

Tatane is anc's Hector Pieterson. what the anc must know is that you can not silence the truth.
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Apr 23, 2012

truthhurt

My his soul haunt the SAPS forever, those evil b.a.s..t.a.r.d.s.
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