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Shackdwellers ‘under the sway of an agent provocateur’

September 24, 2006 Edition 1

Lennox Mabaso and Harry Mchunu

By their very nature agent provocateurs are people who are directly assigned to provoke unrest within a group while indirectly representing their own selfish interests.

They are used against political opponents. They deliberately carry out or seek to incite counter-productive or ineffective acts in order to foster public disdain.

They seek to provoke government repression with a hope that they will alienate their constituency and thus increase support for themselves. In this sense they thrive on provocation and not reason.  Continue reading →