From the Mail & Guardian:
The arrest of a student for “swearing” at President Jacob Zuma’s convoy is a tactic of a police state, not a democracy, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Wednesday.
DA leader Helen Zille said the way the police acted was a reminder of the actions of the apartheid-era security police.
“They are reminiscent of Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, which the African National Congress is increasingly trying to emulate,” said Zille.
Chumani Maxwele was arrested on Wednesday last week when he allegedly showed his middle finger to Zuma’s convoy while he was jogging in De Waal Street in Cape Town. He was arrested at gunpoint by police officers.
He allegedly had a bag pulled over his head and was first taken to Zuma’s residence, before he was taken to Rondebosch and…