-Caveat Lector- >> SABC News 27/9/00 >> >> South Africans protest against IMF's debt relief >> policy >> September 26, 2000, 08:18 PM >> >> >> A group of protesters gathered in front of the United >> States Embassy in Cape >> Town under the banner of Jubilee 2000 to protest >> against the debt relief >> policy of the World Bank and the International >> Monetary Fund today. The >> protest coincides with the international protest in >> Prague where the World >> Bank and the IMF are meeting. >> >> Jubilee 2000 is a lobby calling for the cancellation >> of the debt of heavily >> indebted nations. The protesters, which included >> representatives of various >> non-governmental organisations and the labour movement >> in the Western Cape, >> called for the abolition of the World Bank and the >> IMF. They also called for >> an end to Gear, the government's macro-economic >> policy, saying that it is >> just another World Bank programme causing job losses. >> >> The once-mighty Western Cape textile industry has >> suffered extensive job >> losses in the past few years. Jubilee 2000 says the >> industry, which employs >> mostly women, needs more protection. >> >> The protesters became agitated when the US embassy >> declined to accept the >> memorandum. Protest leaders instead had to take the >> memorandum inside, >> accusing the US of being both the protector and >> benefactor of the World Bank >> and the IMF. >> >> In Gauteng, scenes reminiscent of anti-apartheid >> protests played out outside >> Anglo American's head office in Johannesburg, when >> anti-globalisation >> protesters clashed with company security officers. >> >> Under the banner of the September 26th Collective, a >> broad coalition of >> political parties, non-governmental organisations and >> South Africa's largest >> trade union federation, Cosatu, marched through >> downtown Johannesburg. >> >> The protesters say the secret policy formulation >> process of the IMF and >> World Bank are designed to serve the interests of the >> world's most powerful >> nations and individuals. The plight of the poor and >> the unemployed are >> relegated to the back burner, they say. >> >> Earlier, speakers slammed the policies of the IMF and >> World Bank and those >> of the South African ministers of trade and industry, >> and environmental >> affairs. >> >> Mamphele Ramphele, the widow of Steve Biko and a >> director of the World Bank, >> was accused of abandoning the people in favour of the >> world's rich. >> >> http://www.sabcnews.com/SABCnews/economy/labour/1,1009,5001,00.html >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Beeld 27/9/00 >> >> Violence at Anglo HQ >> >> Thami Nkwanyane >> >> Violent demonstrations against the International >> Monetary Fund and the World >> Bank were held at Anglo American's head office in >> Johannesburg on Tuesday. >> Protesters burst into the foyer of Anglo's head >> office. Windows were >> smashed, and security guards responded by firing >> pepper gas to protect the >> group's employees. >> >> Anglo's management was caught completely off guard and >> were initially >> unaware of what the protest was about. Only later, >> after the clashes between >> the security guards and the protesters did they find >> out that the opposition >> was in fact against the IMF and the World Bank, and >> not against Anglo. From >> the library gardens, the protesters also marched to >> the Gauteng departments >> of health, housing and finance, where memorandums were >> handed over to senior >> officials. >> >> In Cape Town too, a smaller number of protesters >> raised their objections >> against the IMF and the World Bank at the American >> consulate. The group of >> about a hundred protesters - including members of the >> Western Cape Jubilee >> 2000 branch - amidst a strong police presence, shouted >> slogans like "Away >> with the IMF", "World Bank corrupt" and "Scrap all >> third-world debt" outside >> the consulate. >> >> The protest looked as if it might get out of hand when >> a group of protesters >> gathered on the steps in front of the entrance to the >> consulate at about 1 >> o'clock and threatened to enter the building. About 15 >> policemen armed with >> plastic shields intervened to stop them. For security >> reasons, the American >> consulate refused to allow an official to receive the >> memorandum outside the >> building. Jubilee 2000 provincial secretary Phelisa >> Nkomo read the >> memorandum to the protesters before she handed it over >> to Mrs M B Lenard of >> the consulate inside the building. >> >> "We support the hundreds of thousands of people >> throughout the world who are >> making use of this opportunity to protest against the >> World Bank and the >> IMF - of which America is the protector and >> benefactor. We say the World >> Bank means nothing but increasing poverty for us," >> Nkomo said. But Anglo >> accepted the document from more than 300 members of >> the 26 September >> Collective - an organisation of anti-privatisation and >> globalisation >> organisations. >> >> The Collective, which held a similar march in Durban, >> called on Finance >> Minister Trevor Manuel and the World Bank's Mamphele >> Ramphele to break their >> ties with these organisations. Jubilee 2000's Ibrahim >> Rass said it is >> important for the fight against these organisations to >> take place on the >> local level so that people would be aware of something >> that will make them >> poorer and poorer. Most of the speakers called for the >> IMF and the World >> Bank to be closed down since they make the rich richer >> and make the poor >> struggle. >> http://livenews.24.com/News24/Finance/Companies/0,1466,2-8-24_917768,00.html >> ________________________________________________ >> Daily Dispatch 27/9/00 >> >> SA groups back Prague protesters >> >> JOHANNESBURG -- Representatives of civic associations, >> the South African >> Municipal Workers' Union and the South African >> Communist Party were among >> 150 protesters sprayed with pepper gas when they tried >> to force their way >> into the offices of Anglo American here to hand over a >> memorandum yesterday >> afternoon. >> >> They were protesting against World Bank and >> International Monetary Fund >> policies which they argue are not benefiting >> developing countries. >> >> The joint annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank >> opened in Prague >> yesterday to massive demonstrations at the venue where >> finance officials >> from 182 nations are meeting. >> >> According to SACP spokesperson Claire Ceruti, >> protesters marched without >> incident from Library Gardens just after noon to the >> Department of Health >> where they handed over a memorandum to the Gauteng >> district health services >> chief director, Dr Refik Bismilla. >> >> The memorandum outlined their objection to the World >> Bank's R1,4 billion >> health care loan to the South African government. >> >> Protesters then marched to the Local Government >> Department to hand over a >> memorandum rejecting the government's Growth, >> Employment and Redistribution >> policy and the iGoli 2002 restructuring plan, which >> they say are influenced >> by IMF and World Bank policies. >> >> Anglo American spokesperson Anne Dunn said security >> officials stopped >> protesters when they tried to force their way into the >> foyer of the offices >> at about 2.40pm. >> >> Dunn said protesters were sprayed with "pepper fog" >> after they had assaulted >> security staff. >> >> Ceruti admitted that protesters tried to "push their >> way into the building" >> but denied they had been aggressive. >> >> She said a protester received a blow to her head >> during the scuffle. >> >> An Anglo American executive accepted a memorandum once >> the group had >> dispersed. >> >> "Although members of the media had been briefed to be >> present during the >> protest, Anglo American had no prior knowledge of the >> planned action, nor >> the fact that it would be requested to accept a >> petition," Dunn said. >> >> Ceruti said World Bank and IMF policies encouraged >> countries to cut back >> funding from national government to local government. >> >> "We want government to provide funds for local >> government through company >> tax, as many of them got rich as a result of >> apartheid." >> >> She said Anglo American was targeted for the protest >> because like other >> multi-nationals such as Coca Cola and Nike, "they are >> pushing their >> priorities on weaker countries". Earthlife Africa and >> the South African >> Students' Congress were among the protesters. Police >> said they had no >> presence at the march as they had not been notified. >> >> * In Cape Town yesterday, about 100 members of the >> Western Cape branch of >> Jubilee 2000 staged a picket outside the American >> Embassy on the foreshore, >> calling for the cancellation of all the debt owed by >> developing countries. >> The protest was part of countrywide demonstrations >> against the World Bank >> and IMF, coinciding with the meeting of the two >> institutions in Prague >> yesterday. >> >> The action was supported by the Congress of South >> African Trade Unions and >> the South African Municipal Workers' Union, as well as >> members of the >> Islamic Unity Convention and other religious >> organisations. Cosatu's >> regional secretary Anthony Dietrich said yesterday's >> action would not be the >> last. "It's just the beginning. We will be back and we >> will fill up the >> streets." -- Sapa >> http://www.dispatch.co.za/2000/09/27/southafrica/ABACK.HTM >> ___________________________________________________ >> Daily Mail and Guardian 27/9/00 >> >> IMF policies spark violent clashes >> >> OWN CORRESPONDENT, AFP and AP, Johannesburg | >> Wednesday >> >> SECURITY guards at the Johannesburg offices of mining >> giant Anglo American >> sprayed about 150 demonstrators with pepper spray as >> they arrived to protest >> IMF and World Bank policies. >> Their protest came as several hundred like-minded >> demonstrators clashed >> violently with police in Prague as the two financial >> institutions held a >> general meeting in the Czech capital. >> Company representative Anne Dunn said security guards >> stopped the protesters >> when they tried to force their way into the foyer of >> the building and >> sprayed them with pepper spray after they assaulted >> security staff. >> A glass door at the company's downtown offices was >> also smashed. >> Claire Ceruti, spokeswoman for the South African >> Communist Party, one of the >> organisers, said one protester received a blow to her >> head during the >> scuffle. She said Anglo American was targeted because >> like other >> multi-nationals, such as Coca Cola and Nike, "they are >> pushing their >> priorities on weaker countries". An Anglo American >> executive later accepted >> a statement from the protesters. >> In Prague, police are on guard outside the convention >> centre after >> demonstrators succeeded in disrupting the annual >> meeting. >> Under coloured banners and in a festive mood, marchers >> defied a police ban >> and set off from downtown Prague for the centre, 1,5km >> away. The IMF and the >> Bank have been attacked for imposing harsh conditions >> on poor countries that >> borrow from them, conditions that force local >> authorities to divert >> resources away from health, education and the >> environment. >> Delegates were trapped briefly inside the centre >> during the riot. >> SA Finance minister, Trevor Manuel, who is chairman of >> the summit, said it >> was "a pity that it has descended into violence" but >> added it was unclear >> what the activists were seeking. "I know what they're >> against but have no >> sense of what they're for," Manuel said. >> http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/business.html#imf >> _____________________________________________ >> Cape Times 27/9/00 >> >> Anglo teargasses anti-capitalist protesters >> >> September 26 2000 at 09:55PM >> >> >> >> >> By Eric Ntabazalila >> >> >> Anti-capitalism protesters in Cape Town, Durban and >> Johannesburg were >> involved in heated exchanges with police on Tuesday, >> as they demonstrated >> against the meeting of the World Bank and the >> International Monetary Fund >> (IMF) being held in Prague in the Czech Republic. >> >> Fellow-demonstrators on Tuesday hurled cobblestones >> torn from Prague's >> historic streets and torched police with Molotov >> cocktails as they made good >> on vows to besiege the annual meetings of the World >> Bank and IMF. >> >> A march in Johannesburg nearly got out of hand when >> protesters were >> teargassed and a glass door was shattered at the >> headquarters of Anglo >> American Corporation. >> >> The marchers handed memoranda to government >> representatives at government >> offices and then went to the Anglo American >> headquarters in Main Street. >> >> 'A crowd of aggressive protesters made an unauthorised >> entry' >> When the marchers tried to make their way into the >> building, they were >> sprayed with teargas in the foyer. >> >> A woman suffered minor injuries when she bumped her >> head against the wall. >> The outside of the building was sprayed with graffiti. >> >> Anglo American said: "A crowd of confrontational and >> aggressive protesters >> made an unauthorised and forced entry into the foyer >> of the building. The >> protesters assaulted Anglo American's security >> personnel, and to protect its >> employees and to prevent further access to the >> building, pepperfog spray was >> released inside the building." >> >> The Johannesburg march was one of several worldwide to >> highlight "the damage >> caused by the organisations to the poor". >> >> Speakers condemned the South African government for >> its adoption of the Gear >> (Growth, Employment and Redistribution) economic >> policy, saying it enriched >> a few black elite and led to job losses. >> >> 'Africa faces a number of critical challenges' >> Among the organisations which took part were the SACP, >> PAC, Socialist Party >> of Azania, Workers' Organisation for Socialist Action >> and other groups >> affiliated to the Anti-Privatisation Forum. >> >> Trevor Manuel, the finance minister, was dismissed as >> a sell-out by >> speakers. >> >> A representative from the Workers' Organisation for >> Socialist Action said: >> "The ANC government has made many promises, but has >> fulfilled very few. >> Inequality and poverty has increased and rural >> communities are all but >> forgotten. In some instances, we are even struggling >> to prevent the new >> state from reversing some of the gains made by the >> democratic government >> under apartheid." >> >> Manuel said Africa faced a number of "critical >> challenges" as the continent >> with the most catching up do in growth and >> development. >> >> He said projected African growth rates were >> insufficient to raise per capita >> incomes, and its share of world trade and foreign >> direct investment were >> "miniscule". >> >> Growth rates of five percent were required simply to >> stop the number of poor >> in Africa from increasing, he said, and seven percent >> annual growth would be >> needed to achieve the goal of halving severe poverty >> by 2015. He contrasted >> these goals with projected growth for 2000 for the >> continent of 3,5 percent. >> >> In Cape Town, a US embassy representative who was >> expected to receive a >> memorandum from Jubilee 2000 protesters outside the >> embassy angered the >> crowd when he refused to come out, saying he feared >> for his safety. >> >> The group of about 100 protesters were forced back by >> police clad in riot >> gear. >> >> Anthony Dietrich, Jubilee 2000 Western Cape >> spokesperson, said the time had >> arrived for poor countries to begin to raise their >> voices and organised >> labour should help to strengthen that voice. >> >> Gwebinkundla Qonde, the Western Cape SACP general >> secretary said policies >> formulated and implemented by the IMF and World Bank >> were causing unbearable >> damage to economies of developing countries. >> >> "These damages lead to the impoverishment of millions >> of people and have >> left economies of Third World countries ruined and >> incapable of stimulating >> growth and development in a sustained way," said >> Qonde. >> http://www.iol.co.za/general/newsview.php?click_id=79&art_id=ct2000092621550 >> 3905J140892&set_id=1 >> ________________________________________________ >> The Mercury 26/9/00 >> >> Municipal union to join privatisation protest >> >> September 25 2000 at 08:40PM >> >> >> >> >> By Venilla Yoganathan >> >> >> >> >> Municipal workers will be among scores of activists >> expected to take to the >> streets of Durban on Tuesday to protest against >> privatisation and other >> "threats of globalisation" as the city's political >> leaders meet to finalise >> plans to corporatise the city's transport authority. >> >> The series of national protests are designed to >> coincide with demonstrations >> this week by the anti-poverty group, Jubilee 2000, in >> Prague, where World >> Bank and International Monetary Fund leaders are >> meeting. >> >> The 120 000-strong South African Municipal Workers' >> Union (Samwu), one of >> Cosatu's strongest affiliates, will also join forces >> with health workers and >> community groups at the anti-privatisation summit in >> Johannesburg on >> Wednesday. >> >> In Durban, municipal workers who have threatened to >> rally against the ANC in >> the municipal polls if the government continues with >> its privatisation >> plans, will march from the city hall at noon. >> >> 'They are responsible for the worst atrocities' >> On Wednesday, Jubilee 2000 will stage a march to the >> Reserve Bank offices in >> West Street in support of the Prague demonstrations >> and call for a >> cancellation of third-world debt and the >> reorganisation of financial and >> labour markets worldwide to assist poor countries. >> >> "These institutions are responsible for some of the >> worst human atrocities, >> including privatisation, which puts the very services >> for basic survival out >> of the reach of the poor," said Samwu's national >> spokesperson, Roger Ronnie. >> >> The steady build-up against privatisation, certain to >> be a major issue in >> the local government elections later this year, has >> also caused division >> within ANC ranks in the Durban metro council, which >> has adopted in principle >> to privatise the city's transport authority. >> >> Some within the ANC's ranks, including its alliance >> partner, the Minority >> Front (MF), are opposed to privatisation of municipal >> services, saying it >> would lead to greater disparities between rich and >> poor. >> >> "We are not a first world country; we cannot have >> first-world solutions," >> said one ANC member. >> >> The MF's Visvin Reddy added that it was not in the >> interests of the majority >> of the metro's residents to opt for privatisation. >> >> Durban Transport, however, was saddled with an >> accumulated deficit of >> R80-million that was expected to increase when the >> national government >> withdrew its transport subsidies. >> http://www.iol.co.za/general/newsview.php?click_id=13&art_id=ct2000092520400 >> 8189P621278&set_id=1 >> ________________________________________________ >> SABC News 27/9/00 >> >> South Africans protest against IMF's debt relief >> policy >> September 26, 2000, 08:18 PM >> >> >> A group of protesters gathered in front of the United >> States Embassy in Cape >> Town under the banner of Jubilee 2000 to protest >> against the debt relief >> policy of the World Bank and the International >> Monetary Fund today. The >> protest coincides with the international protest in >> Prague where the World >> Bank and the IMF are meeting. >> >> Jubilee 2000 is a lobby calling for the cancellation >> of the debt of heavily >> indebted nations. The protesters, which included >> representatives of various >> non-governmental organisations and the labour movement >> in the Western Cape, >> called for the abolition of the World Bank and the >> IMF. They also called for >> an end to Gear, the government's macro-economic >> policy, saying that it is >> just another World Bank programme causing job losses. >> >> The once-mighty Western Cape textile industry has >> suffered extensive job >> losses in the past few years. Jubilee 2000 says the >> industry, which employs >> mostly women, needs more protection. >> >> The protesters became agitated when the US embassy >> declined to accept the >> memorandum. Protest leaders instead had to take the >> memorandum inside, >> accusing the US of being both the protector and >> benefactor of the World Bank >> and the IMF. >> >> In Gauteng, scenes reminiscent of anti-apartheid >> protests played out outside >> Anglo American's head office in Johannesburg, when >> anti-globalisation >> protesters clashed with company security officers. >> >> Under the banner of the September 26th Collective, a >> broad coalition of >> political parties, non-governmental organisations and >> South Africa's largest >> trade union federation, Cosatu, marched through >> downtown Johannesburg. >> >> The protesters say the secret policy formulation >> process of the IMF and >> World Bank are designed to serve the interests of the >> world's most powerful >> nations and individuals. The plight of the poor and >> the unemployed are >> relegated to the back burner, they say. >> >> Earlier, speakers slammed the policies of the IMF and >> World Bank and those >> of the South African ministers of trade and industry, >> and environmental >> affairs. >> >> Mamphele Ramphele, the widow of Steve Biko and a >> director of the World Bank, >> was accused of abandoning the people in favour of the >> world's rich. >> >> http://www.sabcnews.com/SABCnews/economy/labour/1,1009,5001,00.html >> >> ________________________________________________ >> SAPA 27/9/00 >> >> NGO COALITION TO PICKET IN DURBAN ON ECONOMIC ISSUES >> DURBAN September 26 2000 Sapa >> The SA National Non-governmental Organisation >> Coalition, which is to picket >> on socio-economic issues in the Durban city centre on >> Wednesday, has added >> its voice to the call for government to treat people >> infected by HIV/Aids >> and come clear about the link between the HI virus and >> Aids. >> >> "We note the growing impact of HIV/Aids on the country >> and failure by >> government to provide resources for HIV prevention, >> treatment and care," >> Sangoco president Mercia Andrews said in a statement >> on Tuesday. >> >> "We call for immediate provision of affordable >> treatment for people living >> with HIV/Aids; for government to affirm the link >> between HIV and Aids; >> measures to reduce mother-to-child transmissions and >> measures to address the >> immediate and long-term needs of children orphaned by >> Aids," Andrews said. >> >> Andrews said that the government's adherence to >> neo-liberal policies and >> structural adjustment programmes - as recommended by >> the World Bank -had >> increased levels of inequality and poverty. >> >> These policies called for an investor-friendly >> environment in which the >> state played a limited role in the economy, she said. >> >> "This has meant cuts in social expenditure, >> deregulation of labour and >> financial markets, trade liberalisation, tight >> monetary policy and the >> privatisation of state assets. >> >> "Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) have a strong >> record of not only >> failing to eradicate poverty, but most importantly of >> causing poverty >> themselves." >> >> Many countries had been forced to implement these >> policies as part of the >> globalisation of the world economy. >> >> "In the past few years we have witnessed a number of >> struggles directed >> against these institutions... as we meet here in >> Durban, thousands are >> gathering in Prague from September 26 to make the >> meeting of the IMF and the >> World Bank unbearable," said Andrews. >> >> In addition to debt cancellation, restitution and >> reparations, Jubilee 2000 >> had also called for an end to SAPs and the closure of >> the IMF and the World >> Bank. >> >> "It is to those voices that we are adding to reject >> the anti-poor policies >> of fiscal austerity, debt repayment, privatisation, >> trade liberalisation, >> labour market flexibility and deregulation of >> financial markets." >> >> Sangoco was calling for improved social service >> delivery and an end to cuts >> in government social spending, which had led to >> deteriorating living >> standards. >> >> This included the need to speed up the process of >> delivering social welfare >> grants to their intended beneficiaries and increasing >> child support grants >> from R100 a child per month to R250. >> >> "The past few years have witnessed a decline in real >> terms of amounts >> allocated for old age pensions, children grants and >> disability grants due to >> fiscal austerity by the government. >> >> "We call for a developmental approach to social >> security that views >> expenditure on these issues as an investment rather >> than a cost." >> >> Land reform and rural infrastructural development >> should also be speeded up, >> Sangcoco said. >> >> Increasing food prices were also putting more pressure >> on the poor and the >> coalition called for price controls and exemptions of >> basic foodstuff from >> Value Added Tax. >> >> Sangoco said the Job Creation Fund and the Umsobunvu >> innovation were >> emergency interventions and should not be substitutes >> for job-creating >> macro-economic policies. >> >> "We therefore call for an alternative policy framework >> that puts the >> interests of the poor and working people before profit >> motives in line with >> the Reconstruction and Development Programme. The >> state should play an >> active role by nationalising, deficit spending and >> regulating various >> markets." >> >> Wages had also declined in real terms over the past >> few years and minimum >> wages should be set for farm and domestic workers. >> >> Labour market flexibility had put important worker >> rights under threat as >> well as encouraging retrenchments, casual labour, >> subcontracting and child >> labour, while proposed amendments to the labour laws >> were "a continued >> erosion of the rights workers won in struggle", said >> Andrews. >> >> http://www.anc.org.za/briefing/nw20000927/22.html >> ________________________________________________ >> SAPA 27/9/00 >> >> DEBT PROTESTERS PICKET US EMBASSY >> CAPE TOWN September 26 2000 Sapa >> About 100 members of the Western Cape branch of >> Jubilee 2000 staged a picket >> outside the American embassy on the Foreshore in Cape >> Town on Tuesday >> calling for the cancellation of all the debt owed by >> developing countries. >> >> The protest was part of countrywide demonstrations >> against the World Bank >> and International Monetary Fund, coinciding with the >> meeting of the two >> institutions in Prague on Tuesday. >> >> The action was supported by the Congress of South >> African Trade Unions >> (Cosatu), the SA Municipal Workers' Union, as well as >> members of the Islamic >> Unity Convention (IUC) and other religious >> organisations. >> >> From shortly after noon, protesters lined both sides >> of Hertzog Boulevard in >> front of the embassy holding aloft a variety of >> placards, some proclaiming: >> "No to privatisation", "IMF and World Bank must go >> now" and "End Poverty in >> the new millennium - cancel Third World debt now." >> >> Just on 1pm, the group gathered on the steps of the >> embassy building but >> were kept from the entrance by some 15 policemen with >> shields.The protest >> threatened to get out of hand as the police forced the >> crowd away from the >> building but the protesters were good-natured and >> continued toyi-toying >> while they waited for a representative of the embassy >> to accept their >> memorandum. After some 20 minutes, Cosatu's regional >> secretary, Anthony >> Dietrich told the crowd a representative of the >> embassy was not prepared to >> come outside to accept the memorandum. >> >> Jubilee secretary Phelisa Nkomo then read the >> memorandum to the crowd. "We >> wish to join the hundreds of thousands of people all >> over the world who are >> taking this occasion to protest against the World >> Bank, IMF and the >> benefactor and protector of both institutions which is >> America," Nkomo said. >> "We are here as one united body from Cosatu, from >> Sasco, from all the >> different religions, from NGO's (non-governmental >> organisations) and other >> organisations and from the unemployed and the youth. >> We all say that the >> World Bank means nothing for us other than growing >> poverty." >> >> Nkomo was later allowed inside the foyer of the >> building where she handed >> over the memorandum to a woman representative of the >> embassy, M B Leonard. >> Police refused to allow the media inside. Nkomo said >> Leonard had promised >> she would hand the memorandum to representatives of >> her government. Before >> the crowd dispersed, singing and chanting, shortly >> before 2pm, Dietrich said >> Tuesday's action would not be the last. "Its just the >> beginning. We will be >> back and we will fill up the streets." >> http://www.anc.org.za/briefing/nw20000927/11.html >> ________________________________________________ >> Financial Mail 27/9/00 >> >> IMF/WORLD BANK >> SA REPRESENTED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE >> By Ferial Haffajee >> >> Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, who chaired this >> week's meetings of the >> World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, was >> not the only South >> African taking a lead role in Prague. >> >> Prague . . . protesters make their mark >> Toyi-toying outside the conference centre were >> representatives of SA's >> nascent new Left - a loose grouping of protesters who >> have united against a >> range of local issues such as the restructuring of >> Johannesburg through >> iGoli 2002, the rationalisation of Wits University and >> water cut-offs and >> evictions in Durban. >> >> Some of the SA protesters have become recognisable >> faces at protests at the >> now frequent anti-globalisation protests. >> >> Former ANC councillor Trevor Ngwane, expelled for >> publicly questioning iGoli >> 2002, has been a key mover behind the Prague protests, >> as was Neville >> Gabriel, who heads the southern African chapter of >> Jubilee 2000, the >> international organisation campaigning for debt >> relief. Ngwane honed his >> skills when he taught protesters to toyi-toyi at >> anti-IMF demonstrations in >> Washington. >> >> Durban-based environmental lawyer Chris Albertyn is >> also in Prague to front >> Green protests highlighting the "ecological debt" owed >> by the North to the >> South. >> http://www.fm.co.za/00/0929/focus/cfocus.htm >> -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. 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