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All Charges Against One of the KwaNdengezi Four Dropped
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press statement
All Charges Against One of the KwaNdengezi Four Dropped
All charges against Mandla Hlope were withdrawn in the Pinetown Magistrate’s ‘’C” Court this morning.
Hlope is one of the KwaNdengezi Four arrested on the 28th of January following protests against corruption and intimidation in the area. Residents of the area have accused the local councilor, Mduduzi Christian (Nqola) Ngcobo, of corruption and intimidation. Ngcobo ordered the police to arrest the four. Hlope was charged with public violence and assault.
It is Time for Real Action Against Rape
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Unemployed People’s Movement Press Statement
It is Time for Real Action Against Rape
Thandiswa Qubuda was gang raped in the early hours of the 20th January 2013 at the corner of New Town and E Street in Grahamstown. She is 30 years old and the only one surviving in the family. Both her both parents have died and she was living with her aunt.
She was savagely beaten during the rape and is now permanently brain damaged and lying in hospital. Today at 12 noon the Revered Mzi Dyantyi, family members and the Unemployed People's Movement held a prayer and anointment in her ward.