Statement from the Siyanda blockade During the early hours of this morning, aBahlali baseMjondolo in Isiyanda, have taken their anger to the Dumisani Makhaye and Malandela road intersection and blockaded the two roads. This is as a result of a frustration when majority of the poor people, the marginalised, the forgotten, a people that only count when it comes to the voting time, and immediately thereafter nothing happens for them. This comes after a series of telephone calls, e-mails, letter writing protest marches, promises to meet at meetings with eThekwini Municipality that have never sat to discuss the needs of the poor people, lies after lies by politicians and government officials. After all the peacefull attempts to meet the responsible officials, by the poor people, these are only met by the arrogance of government officials, the police brutality, constant arrest of the protesters and even murdering the leadership of the movement of which these murders are not investigated although the culprits are known to the public and the police, which is only seen by us in the movement, as an attempt to silent and dampen the spirits of the South African "LAW ABIDING CITIZENS". Isiyanda shack dwellers are also part of the victims, who are now in the streets at this very moment to show to the world their anger and frustration. The eThekwini Municipality, Provincial and National Governments are to blame for this, since their silence while the voters suffer, is actually now making too much of noise. The police have now at least tried to disperse the people using teargas and rubber bullets, we do not know as the time progresses whether or not they will opt to using live ammunition as if they are shooting at the game as usual. One becomes very sad if the Government officials and the Police are the first in a row to violate the Constitution, when they are supposed to be the custodians of the it (Constitution).
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 03:37:52 +0000
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