GroundUp Newshttps://www.groundup.org.za/feeds/2024-03-28T14:53:37.410746+00:00Original news, features and opinion, Police drive into woman, break her pelvis, shoot rubber bullets into crowd and drive off2024-03-28T10:06:00+00:002024-03-28T14:53:37.410746+00:00Mary-Anne Gontsanahttps://www.groundup.org.za/article/muizenberg-police-launch-probe-after-woman-knocked-by-police-van/Nolwazi Tokhwe from Capricorn is being treated in hospital. She also has a fractured spine and injured right arm.<p>© 2024 GroundUp. This article is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/" rel="license">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p>
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