Ayanda Kota Poster
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Update: Ayanda Kota was released at 14:45 this afternoon on a bail of R500. There were visible marks from the assault on his head, arms, chest and back. His clothes were torn and blood stained. He will be laying criminal and civil charges against the officers who assaulted him.
The original UPM statement is here, the SSJ statement is here, the DLF statement is here and the Mandela Park Backyarder's Statement is here.
Ayanda Kota, chairperson of the Unemplyed People’s Movement, stands atop the pile of rubble left behind from the Phaphamani protests in February this year. Kota, and three others, was arrested for being linked to the public violence of the protesters.