Hout Bay protester died of blunt force trauma - IPID
11 July 2017
Cape Town - The man killed during last week's Hout Bay protests died of blunt force trauma, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) confirmed on Tuesday.
IPID spokesperson Moses Dlamini said Songezo Ndude's death was being investigated by the police watchdog and that an inquest magistrate would be appointed to determine who was responsible for his death.
Ndude was injured on Monday morning last week and initially treated at Victoria Hospital in Wynberg.
He was transferred to Groote Schuur Hospital, where he died on Tuesday.