# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says he welcomes the outcome of the police disciplinary inquiry that acquitted eight former members of his VIP presidential protection services. The officers were acquitted despite a viral video footage capturing them assaulting a civilian on the N1 in Johannesburg in 2023. The police’s internal disciplinary committee ruled that the video was inadmissible as evidence. Answering questions in the National Assembly on Thursday, Mashatile said he was never involved in the disciplinary process, and he never initiated any meeting with the victim.
Mashatile says he was not involved in the inquiry that acquitted his former bodyguards