The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has arrested four police officers from the Public Order Policing Unit in connection with the death of Mthokozisi Ntumba.
The 35-year-old was killed allegedly by the police on Wednesday during a protest by Wits University students in Braamfontein.
Ntumba had just visited a local clinic when police allegedly shot him dead.
He died on the scene from bullet wounds.
The four officers will appear at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday facing charges of murder, attempted murder and defeating the end of justice.
IPID statement below: