Update: All four of the arrested comrades were released at 1:10 today. No bail was demanded. There was a vigorous protest outside the police station.

15 August 2012
Unemployed People’s Movement Press Statement

Four Arrests in Umlazi

On Sunday night the Zakheleni Crisis Committee led a march of hundreds of people on the police in Umlazi to demand that they make arrests with regard to the attempted murder of Bhekimuzi Ndlovu following the public screening of a video in which Ndlovu identified his attackers. The police responded by arresting the named individuals and by addressing a mass meeting in the settlement where the promised further investigations. After this the meeting dispersed peacefully.

Following this meeting the family of one of the men that was arrested went to the police and claimed that four leaders of the Zakheleni Crisis Committee had assaulted them. This is an outright fabrication. In fact the police were present in the settlement at the time of the alleged assault.  Continue reading →