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Legal win for motorists stopped by police roadblocks in South Africa | SA News

A landmark ruling from the Johannesburg High Court has confirmed that South African citizens have the right to question and film police officers without concern over being arrested.

This ruling follows the arrest of attorney Shaun Jacobs in March 2019 for filming a roadblock near his home.

Jacobs noted that he believed the arrest had been unlawful, and this view was confirmed by High Court Judge ML Twala, who ruled that the arrest was unlawful.

The High Court Judge also stressed that South Africans questioning and…

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