Strong-armed police officers are to blame for service delivery protests that turn violent, researchers from the University of Johannesburg said on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Media: Strong-armed cops ‘to blame’ for protests turning violent
3 09 2009
OMPHITLHETSE VIVIAN MOOKI | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Sep 02 2009 14:38 – M&G
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Tags: Balfour, Owen Manda, police brutality, Thokoza, University of Johannesburg
Categories : Archives, Mainstream and Other News
Media: Cop fires on Cape Argus team
14 08 2009Note: The police routinely shoot unsuspecting residents and their children without warning. Generally, police justify their actions by saying residents are throwing rocks at them (this is often a lie). It takes police shooting the media for newspapers to actually public the truth.
14 August 2009, 12:22
By Kowthar Solomons
# Gallery: Khayelitsha service delivery protest
A policeman fired a rubber bullet at a Cape Argus news team during a service delivery protest in Khayelitsha’s Site C – despite the reporter having identified himself as a journalist.
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Tags: Cape Argus, Dan Plato, police brutality, rubber bullets, Site C
Categories : Archives, Mainstream and Other News, Site B and Site C in Khayelitsha
Opinion: It’s not xenophobia
29 07 200929 July 2009
Peter Alexander and Peter Pfaffe – Sowetan
Promises made but nothing has happened
CONCERN that service delivery protests will degenerate into xenophobic violence was fuelled by reports from Balfour, Mpumalanga.
But there is a history of opposition to xenophobia in Balfour’s township, Siyathemba. An analysis of the protest must take a different form.
This was said by Mohammed Waqas, spokesman for 30 foreign nationals, mostly Ethiopians, gathered outside Balfour police station. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Balfour, Mohammed Waqas, police brutality, Siyathemba, xenophobia
Categories : Afrophobia (Xenophobia), Archives, Mainstream and Other News, opinion / academic articles
Urgent update on ABM-WC Protest
16 07 2009Abahlali baseMjondolo of the Western Cape Press Update
The ABM-WC is calling an end to state criminality of criminalizing it’s members by applying old apartheid tactics of arresting, assaulting, and shooting people with rubber bullets when they exercise their right to freedom of expression and the right to protest.
The movement will not be silenced by the state under the leadership of so called ANC government, and will continue to be vocal using any forms of engagement.
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Tags: ANC-NWC, police brutality, rubber bullets, SAPS, Tokyo Sexwale
Categories : Archives, Macassar, News & Press Release, Poor People's Alliance, Site B and Site C in Khayelitsha
Media: Girl shot in head during protests in Kwazakhele
3 07 2009
2009/07/02
Luyolo Mkentane – HERALD
A PORT Elizabeth girl was admitted to Livingstone Hospital after being shot in the head, allegedly by police, during a protest action in Kwazakhele today (July 1). Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: police brutality, police murder, police state
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AbM-WC chairperson has filed charges of unlawful arrest and assault against Law Enforcement
4 06 2009Abahlali baseMjondolo of the Western Cape
4 June 2009
4 June 2009
Mzonke Poni, Chairperson of AbM in the Western Cape, has filed charges this afternoon against Law Enforcement officers relating to his wrongful arrest and assault while in custody.
On Wednesday, Mr. Poni went back to see a doctor and get evidence of bodily harm as a result of the assault. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: assault, inciting public violence, police brutality, unlawful arrest
Categories : Archives, Macassar, News & Press Release, Poor People's Alliance
Homeless fight Cape Town city
4 06 2009| 04 June 2009 Anna Majavu – The Sowetan
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Tags: AbM WC, interdict, Macassar Village, police brutality, Stephen Hayward, Vusi Matikinca
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Solidarity: Sebokeng Community Policing Forum members murder community activist
7 03 20096 March 2009
The Radical Youth Network (RYN), along with the Anti Privatisation Forum (APF) strongly condemns the killing of Teboho “Diventsha” Tsotetsi by members of the Sebokeng Community Policing Forum (CPF). It is not the first time the community of Zone 20 in Sebokeng has experienced attacks from the people they claim to be protecting them. Sebokeng Police station has become a haven for thugs and gangsters!
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Tags: Anti-Privatisation Forum, police brutality, Sebokeng
Categories : Archives
AEC members tear gassed, beaten and arrested; residents lay blame on ANC
9 02 2009
Gugulethu AEC Press Update
Monday 9 February, 2009
Today, Mncedisi Twalo and Mbulelo Zuba appeared in Athlone Magistrate Court on charges relating to obstructing IEC voter registration. They have now been released on 500 Rand bail and the case has been postponed until the 10th of March. They have told us that they spent almost 24 hours without food and water – Gugulethu police seemed to be punishing the two leaders.
Unfortunately, we cannot quote the two activists due to the pending trial. However, as residents, we would like make clear the following facts:
- The AEC and the IEC in Gugulethu were and are on amicable terms. We had negotiated with the IEC on the shared use of the Sports Complex and everything was peaceful. IEC officials present at the complex will agree that residents did not obstruct any registration from taking place. To confirm this, contact Pule (number below) and he will connect you with an IEC official who was present the entire time.
- ANC provincial chairperson Mcebisi Skwatsha and councillor Belinda Landingwe called the police and told them to attack residents during their meetings. They also told police to arrest Mncedisi and Mbulelo.
- Police came and immediately attacked residents without warning. Thousands of residents were present, many were tear gassed, others were beaten (including a 9 year old child).
- Residents lost phones, IDs, purses and the AEC committee lost over 2,000 Rand which they had been collecting to buy T-shirts for residents. We think that the money and items became spoils of war divided among police officers.
Residents are angry and claim that their right to freedom of expression, freedom to meet, and freedom not to vote, have been infringed upon. They feel intimidated by the ANC and the police and they demand an investigation take place as to the ANC’s illegal actions against non-ANC residents in Gugulethu.
For more information, contact Pule at 073 6448 919 and Lenox at 073 4684 902.
For legal comment, contact Ashraf at 076 1861 408.
Previous day’s press statement below: Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: anc, elections, Freedom of Expression, IEC, Independent Electoral Commission, No Land! No House! No Vote!, police brutality, tear gas
Categories : Anti-Eviction Campaign, Archives, gugulethu, News & Press Release
Police Brutality: Delft’s many Rastafarians take to the streets and rally at Delft Police Station
27 01 2009
AEC Solidarity Statement
Tuesday January 27, 2009
** Note: This is not an AEC march. We are supporting demands of residents and assisting in helping get the word out about their issues **
Delft’s many Rastafarians took to the streets earlier today and rallied at Delft Police Station.
The issue at hand is the many instances of police brutality and abuse Rastas suffer because of their way of life. The most common abuse is when police single them out and searching them so that they can find them in possession of Dagga (Marijuana) and extract a bribe from them. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: police brutality, police intimidation, rally, Rastafarian
Categories : Archives, News & Press Release, Solidarity
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