Important location of the battle for water in Mothutlung that has already cost three lives, allegedly as a result of police violence, in the context of constitutional rights, in the Bill of Rights and in judgments of the Constitutional court
Category Archives: corruption
Bling queen off hook as state messes up case
Brits Financial mismanagement and water supply failure not new
Mothultlung: where death is delivered faster than service
3 people killed by police, while water supply is sabotaged and water tank suppliers provide water whose quality is questioned
Continued protests over lack of water and police violence and killings in Mothutlung, outside Brits.
Protests continue and police appear to have thrown a man out of a Nyala leading to his sustaining severe head injuries
http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/cops-are-killing-us-1.1631690#.UtYj2v3H1SU
Pollice in Tshwane Metro kill hawker without facing charges
Jan Rivombo a hawker was apparently killed when refusing to hand over fruit without any form of receipt to Tshwane Metro police. He joins a long line of people who have died in the last few year at the hands of the police, apparently for reasons that did not require the use of deadly force. No one has been charged with the offence, giving a sense that lawlessness is widely tolerated
http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-01-13-analysis-never-forget-jan-rivombo/#.UtOOdf3H1SV
Raymond Suttner: Depoliticised ANC not equipped to address African/Indian business tensions in KZN
The tensions brewing in KZN between African and Indian business people over access to tenders could spark violence and death. (See City Press article below) Continue reading
Turmoil over alleged attempt to purge SAPS of senior MK officers
Two articles in the Mail and Guardian address the question of an alleged hit list within the SAPS, aimed at ridding the senior ranks of mainly former MK operatives. Continue reading
ANC leadership prepares to defend Nkandla expenditure
One of the most problematic features in current political life, is that there is no real debate Continue reading
Foul play alleged over allocation of fishing licences, with seasoned fishermen denied licences
The allocation of fishing licences overseen by the acting Director General of Agriculture and Fisheries, who is also Treasurer of the MK Veterans association Continue reading
Richard Pithouse, Another annus horribilis for the ANC
Very insightful analysis of the decline of the ANC by Richard Pithouse. There are also some important remarks about organisations outside of the ANC, including the NGO sector, and the general absence of a powerful movement that can relieve the decadence and violence of the present.
Raymond Suttner 