Category Archives: Violence

Carol Paton, Service delivery protests-why now?

http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2014/02/17/service-delivery-protests-why-now

Nomboniso Gasa, Uninvited-Stuart Hall

Uninvited, Stuart Hall often sprung to my mind in the past few months. Continue reading →

IEC worried about effect of protests on safety of its staff during elections

Tlakula: Protest violence worries IEC ahead of elections

Raymond Suttner, Loss of trust and legitimacy result in ungovernability

http://www.polity.org.za/article/loss-of-trust-and-legitimacy-result-in-ungovernability-2014-02-11

ANC taught us to protest, say today’s protesters

http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/anc-taught-us-protest/

Ed Cropley, Informal settlements ablaze with disenchantment

Informal settlements ablaze with disenchantment

Thapelo Lekgowa, Greg Nicolson, Boiketlong, Sebokeng-still dying for their rights

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-02-06-boiketlong-sebokeng-still-dying-for-their-rights/#.UvUQzv055SV

Sipho Hlongwane, SAPS caught in crossfire of service wars

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2014/02/07/saps-caught-in-the-crossfire-of-service-wars

Makhudu Sefara, Nobody should die fighting for basic rights

http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/nobody-should-die-fighting-for-basic-rights-1.1643432#.UvThU_055SU

ENCA, Violent protests spread across South Africa

http://www.enca.com/south-africa/violent-protests-spread-across-sa

Greg Nicolson, Here to stay. Sebokeng’s rioting rage

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-02-06-here-to-stay-sebokengs-rioting-rage/#.UvPD3_055SV

Alex Eliseev, Bonfires of discontent in horrifying numbers

Alex Eliseev discusses the extent of violent protests Continue reading →

Raymond Suttner, Are developments in NUMSA moving towards an emancipatory project?

http://www.polity.org.za/article/are-developments-in-numsa-moving-towards-an-emancipatory-project-2014-02-05

Evidence on bungled and intentionally deficient policing in rape and murder cases at Kyayelitsha commission

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-02-04-bribes-and-bungled-rape-murder-cases-khayelitsha-police-under-fire/#.UvEjTv3H1SV

Greg Nicolson on EFF mastery of dramatic entries and presence

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-01-27-coming-to-a-protest-near-you-the-eff-revolutionroadshow-continues/#.UukwTP3H1SV

Raymond Suttner interview on current situation with Creamer Media’s Polity

Amandla Marikana! by All Clear band (lyrics by Allan Kolski Horwitz)

Lyrics Continue reading →

Magistrates attacked for treatment of rape complainants

http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2014/01/22/like-being-raped-all-over-again

Human rights watch slam SA police as ‘human rights threat’

There was a time during the struggle against apartheid when Human Rights Watch exposed the repression of the apartheid regime. Continue reading →