Were the South African cops that beat up and sicked the dogs on the black kids ever punished?

Question

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1035390.stm

The video

http://www.filecabi.net/video/1024policebrut.html

The dogs attacking is towards the end of the video.

Answer 1

For the most part, no. After the end of apartheid, the new government of South Africa decided not to try and prosecute everyone. They decided that it would tear the nation apart, and it wouldn't bring justice to blacks to prosecute whites. Instead, they formed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The TRC's goal was to help the country heal by coming together to hear the truth about apartheid. People who committed crimes on either side were offered amnesty in exchange for truthfully testifying to what they did.
This sort of thing sounds crazy to us, but if you think about it, there's a lot of sense to it. It allowed people who were mistreated and abused to have the truth about their experiences finally brought to light. It made it possible for South Africa to avoid becoming torn apart, as happened in places like Zimbabwe and Haiti after white colonial regimes were overthrown.

Answer 2

yeah i think they were punished