Monday, November 14, 2005

Rubber Bullets Housing Protests

Police used rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of disgruntled Sydenham residents, and arrested 45 of them for marching illegally on Monday, Durban police said. Angry residents marched on the mayor's office to hand over a memorandum that cited dissatisfaction over housing and the alleged removal of basic services from shack dwellers.

http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national&articleid=256520

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