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SHOWDOWN AT CITY HALL
Campaigners chase Sutcliffe in car park

July 12, 2008 Edition 1

CARVIN GOLDSTONE

Metro Police yesterday arrested and forcibly removed more than 190 foreign refugees who had camped at the back entrance of Durban City Hall for two days.

The group, which was made up predominantly of children with their mothers, had been trying to get some sort of assistance from the council but after a last warning to disperse, some began handing themselves over to police. Others were forcibly removed and all were taken away in Metro Police vans.

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Letters
Violence can't be justified

October 06, 2007 Edition 1

From: Mnikelo Ndabankulu Durban

The article by Carvin Goldstone (The Independent on Saturday, September 29) allowed all to see who fools who when the police say they arrest marchers and charge them for public violence.

In the photograph, you can see the man in the red shirt, with his arms folded, with nothing in his hands such as stones or sticks. So how do we justify this violence?

I think it's high time our busy judges' time is used on serious cases, not these destabilising strategies.

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September 29 2007 at 12:13PM

Chaos erupted in the Durban suburb of Sydenham after a peaceful housing protest turned ugly as police dispersed a large crowd using water cannons, rubber bullets and baton charges on Friday.

Fifteen people, including academics Fazel Khan and Richard Pitthouse, were arrested and charged with public violence.

Police baton-charged the estimated 1 000 protesters on the command of Sydenham Police Station Commissioner Superintendent Glen Nayager after they refused to disperse when their demand to hand over their memorandum to Mayor Obed Mlaba was not met.