[Daily Maverick] Gregory Loftus, the father of a tow truck operator who was killed in a shooting in Durban in 2023, has told the Madlanga Commission that the day before this happened, he tried to interdict police officers from murdering his son. Other evidence, meanwhile, suggested his son was a “notorious” figure.
South Africa: ‘My Son Was Murdered in Cold Blood By the Police,’ Father Tells Inquiry
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