A former taxi driver has finally received justice after the Johannesburg high court awarded him more than R1.2m following a brutal assault and unlawful detention by police officers.
Petrus Madoda Nzima was badly injured during the incident, which took place in July 2015 while he was transporting passengers from Orange Farm to Southgate Mall.
According to court papers, Nzima was stopped at a police roadblock in the Klipriviersberg area. The court heard that police officers dragged him out of his taxi in front of passengers and members of the public before assaulting him.
