KWAZULU-NATAL. – A 38-year-old man was taken into custody on Sunday afternoon (1 November) in KwaMashu after allegedly posting a TikTok video in which he insulted Lt-Gen. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, KwaZulu-Natal's provincial police commissioner, and incited people to violence.
Col. Robert Netshiunda, police spokesperson, says the provincial task team opened an investigation file after the video was noticed on the man's TikTok account. According to police, the content contained possible criminal elements of crimen injuria and incitement to violence. The suspect was traced and arrested at the Princess Magogo stadium in KwaMashu.
He is expected to appear today (Monday) on charges of crimen injuria and incitement to violence in the Durban Magistrate's Court.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
