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Masiphumele battles end in court

July 10 2009 at 12:17PM

By Esther Lewis

Twenty-four people were due to appear in the Muizenberg Magistrate's Court on Friday morning after Thursday night's running battles between police, Neighbourhood Watch members and angry Masiphumelele residents.

Weeks of unhappiness and tension about a housing development in the area spilled over into Masiphumelele's streets as about 300 residents armed themselves with sticks and knobkieries and staged a sit-in at the busy Blackhill Road intersection at 7pm on Thursday night.

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N2 is next, say Site C protesters

May 04 2009 at 12:41PM

By Esther Lewis

Residents of Site C in Khayelitsha have cut off access to a section of Lansdowne Road by digging more trenches in the road and have threatened to target the N2 next if they are not provided with basic services.

"We want to take this to the N2 where it will affect the white people," said one of the men behind the protests. He said while they were trying to make a point in Site C, they wanted their struggle to be seen and felt by the affluent.