2009-07-23 15:05:00 – The Argus
Remember the grainy television images of the 1980s of rocks and burning tyres in the streets, angry people throwing stones and petrol bombs and policemen firing into crowds?
Those scenes depicted United Democratic Front structures making the country ungovernable.
But we saw those same scenes again this past week. Read the rest of this entry »
Richard Pithouse – BusinessDay
Published: 2009/07/23 06:30:32 AM
DU NOON, Diepsloot, Dinokana, Khayelitsha, KwaZakhele, Masiphumelele, Lindelani, Piet Retief and Samora Machel. We are back, after a brief lull during the election, to road blockades, burnt-out police cars and the whole sorry mess of tear gas, stun grenades and mass arrests. Already this month, a girl has been shot in the head in KwaZakhele, three men have been shot dead in Piet Retief, and a man from Khayelitsha is in a critical condition. Read the rest of this entry »
Dozens of disgruntled residents from another Delft informal settlement have burnt tyres and put up cordons across the entrance and exit points of Symphony Way to protest against a lack of service delivery in the area.
The demonstration was the latest in a series of such protests to have hit Cape Town in recent weeks.
Around 100 residents of the Blikkiesdorp informal settlement, a temporary relocation area in Delft, protested for around two hours from 8am yesterday, demanding that the provincial government give them proper housing. Read the rest of this entry »
Residents of Site 5 in Du Noon have vowed to continue burning tyres on Koeberg Road and the N7 freeway if the provincial government ignores their demands for land and services.
This morning the area was quiet, according to community representatives after residents had burned piles of wood on Koeberg Road last night. Read the rest of this entry »
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