Stop the attacks on shack dwellers in Durban/South Africa
In one of the poorest shack settlements in Durban, South Africa, armed thugs have been reported to have killed settlement residents and destroyed their home in a coordinated and racially motivated attack. Local police appear to be entirely complicit in these attacks, as do local members of the African National Congress. This petition asks President Jacob Zuma to intervene directly, and to remind him and those involved in this violence that the world watches their actions.
Sign the petition against the violence here
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The ANC Has Invaded Kennedy Road
http://www.abahlali.org/node/5784
The ANC has invaded Kennedy Road. We have been arrested, beaten, killed, jailed and made homeless by their armed wing. This is what it took for Yakoob Baig and Jackson Gumede to finally take back the settlement.
This attack is an attempt to suppress the voice that has emerged from the dark corners of our country. That voice is the voice of ordinary poor people. This attack is an attempt to terrorise that voice back into the dark corners.
Posted on September 28th, 2009 under Urgent calls and petitions • Tags: petition, shack dwellers, violent evictions, South Africa. • 
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