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
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Media: Squatters sue council – Residents want service
29 07 2009Katlego Moeng – Sowetan
28 July 2009
Residents of Harry Gwala informal settlement near Wattville in Benoni have been battling the Ekurhuleni municipality in the South Gauteng high court since December last year to get services in their area. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Harry Gwala informal settlement, Moray Hathorn, Paseka Lihlabi, Thokoza, Webber Wentzel
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Opinion: Crass materialism, post-Polokwane
24 07 20092009-07-23 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 »
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Tags: Diepkloof, Du Noon, Materialism, Orange Farm, Piet Retief, service delivery protests, Thokoza, Zeerust
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