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MatieMedia’s Bianke Neethling was on hand to capture footage of two private security officers assaulting a member of the public in Stellenbosch this past Sunday (March 6).
The assault took place outside Eikestad Mall at around 1AM. According to Neethling, the officers involved also “tried to intimidate [her] into deleting the footage from her recording device”.
Cape Town Etc reports that the officers are from TSU Protection Services. The assault took place in Andringa Street.
The video was shared on the MatieMedia Facebook page and has racked up the views.
A warning that the footage is graphic:
MatieMedia has now confirmed that both officers have been suspended, via TSU Protection Services’ CEO, Anton Lume:
TSU Protection Services, a national private security company, was initially not aware of the incident, but following inquiries from MatieMedia, had launched an internal investigation.
Lume had since confirmed to MatieMedia that the security officers are from TSU Protection Services, and, following the incident, have been suspended for acting “outside the Course & Scope of there [sic] employment”.
One security officer from ABC Security was also present on the scene but took no part in the assault.
Mornè Uys, the MD at ABC Security, spoke with the officer and relayed what he had witnessed:
Uys stated that, on the morning in question, the ABC Security officer was patrolling the surrounding area when he was stopped by a woman in Andringa Street, who claimed that her friend had collapsed and needed medical assistance. According to Uys, the ABC Security officer called for this assistance via the company’s control room.
During this time, two private security officers from TSU Protection Services also arrived on the scene, claimed Uys. When the three security officers were in the street, a man allegedly approached the group and shouted at them. Uys claimed that the man stated that he did not like “security people” and threatened to kill the security personnel with an axe that the man claimed to have in his vehicle.
A physical altercation then began and Neethling started filming.
On the scene, Neethling said officers grabbed her phone and she was intimidated into deleting the video.
She was later able to recover the footage.
[sources:capetownetc&matiemedia]
