http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/dbf3c35b9f2b49a79ead1accf64fcef9/09-03-2010-11-23/2010_SWC_-_Well_toyi-toyi_like_the_ANC_taught_us_

Virginia Keppler

Pretoria - With only 93 days to go before the start of the 2010 World Cup, residents of Mamelodi-East near Pretoria during violent protests on Tuesday threatened to disrupt the tournament.

They are demanding that the government immediately supply them with houses, electricity, running water and flushing toilets.

http://antieviction.org.za/2009/01/14/media-no-house-no-jobs-no-vote/#more-1628

Clarification: Mncedisi was misquoted in this article. The AEC will not prevent anyone from voting if they feel compelled to do so. This is a decision our communities have taken collectively and we are therefore collectively exercising our right not to vote. Through experience, we have found that direct action is the only way to force politicians and those in power towards change.

Verashni Pillay

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_2362829,00.html

Mbombela: Still no explanation

[News24, 23 July 2008]

Gcina Ntsaluba and Justin Arenstein

Nelspruit - Mpumalanga's 2010 World Cup host city is still unable to explain why it is trying to seize community land for its R1bn stadium without paying for it.

Mbombela City's lawyers told Pretoria High Court Judge Ferdi Preller on Tuesday that they were still not ready to defend the municipality's actions and asked for another three-week postponement in hearings related to an urgent interdict.

http://www.news24.com/Regional_Papers/Components/Category_Article_Text_Template/0,2430,361_2318637~A,00.html

Residents run amok over lack of service delivery

The community of Zone 20 joined by Kwa-Masiza Hostel residents says they have run out of patience with the empty promises of service delivery made by the Emfuleni Local Municipality, ELM.

The angry residents ran amok, burning tyres in protest at lack of service delivery in their areas early last Tuesday morning at about 05:00. They barricaded the Golden Highway with big rocks and burning tyres until Police arrived to restore the peace. Residents claim to have been waiting too long for a reply, following submission of a memorandum of grievances to ELM earlier last month. They say it seems both the ward councillor and municipality is not 'in the mood' to talk to them. One resident who did not want to be identified for fear of reprisal says they have had enough of councillors who receive a memorandum and promise to return shortly, never to be heard of again. 'The councillors are taking us for a ride,' they say. Police quickly responded and extinguished the flames. A strong Police presence was mounted in the area. No injuries were reported.