Khuthazile Mbedu died in hospital last year, four days after being arrested for car theft.
The Tactical Response Team members are accused of torturing him with a tazer.
Both the state and the police watchdog, Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid), did not oppose the application with Magistrate Vinny Gobind saying as all accused have fixed addresses
However, two of the accused have previous convictions.
One officer was convicted of assault in May this year, while another was convicted of helping an offender to escape in 2008.
