Opinion: Crass materialism, post-Polokwane

24 07 2009

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 »





Opinion: Burning message to the state in the fire of poor’s rebellion

23 07 2009

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 »








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