A security officer was shown no mercy when he was stoned and beaten to death, allegedly by protesters involved in an ongoing strike at dairy company Clover in Clayville.

The incident occurred on February 17.

The 56-year-old man has since been identified as Terence Tegg. According to a Facebook post by the Council of Military Veterans Organizations (CMVO), Tegg was working for Clover in Midrand where he was killed.

“Three other security officers were also beaten and one has been hospitalised,” Matimulane said.

“The four security officers came across the striking workers belonging to Fawu [Food and Allied Workers Union] and Giwusa [General Industries Workers Union of SA] in Olifantsfontein as they were travelling in a bus, en route to hand over a memorandum in Boksburg,” said Matimulane.

According to Matimulane passengers in the buses allegedly pelted the deceased and his crew members with stones. “He [the victim] was, once they had disembarked, hit with an iron bar.”

Local police have already arrested two suspects, a 33-year-old and 47-year-old, who fled into a nearby building. “All experts are being summoned to the scene and the police believe that more arrests may take place owing to the amount of evidence gathered at the scene,” concluded Matimulane.

The CMVO has since written a message of condolence on its page, calling the incident a sad day. It was reported that Tegg was a former Recce.

“Terence Tegg was involved with and was an operator for 5 VK […] We portray our utmost sympathy to his family. May you rest in peace and thank you for your service.”

Last month another security guard was killed during a similar incident, The Citizen reports.

It was reported that a Fidelity security guard died while protecting a Clover delivery vehicle from striking workers in Olifantsfontein.

According to The Citizen, employees from the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa) and the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) have been striking since November, demanding that the company stops further retrenchments and reverses previous retrenchments. The workers are also demanding an end to the docking of salaries.