Dear all, A very worrying moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiZ-ehzZRCM. This video unfortunately needs to be watched.
Residents in Ficksburg held a service delivery protest. Andries Tatane, a protester, was beaten to death by the police (some reports say he was also shot.) Tatane is according to a friend quoted in the Cape Argus report "*a man that was passionate about education He volunteered to teach children with no pay for years*". Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa says: "*We noted the unfortunate incident where there was a scuffle between a striker and the police. At this point it would be inappropriate to draw conclusions on what triggered the alleged incident and the resultant death*..." As you will see in the video, it cannot accurately be described as a scuffle. ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said: "*In what the ANC can only describe as resembling apartheid era police strong arm tactics, showing total disregard for human rights enshrined in the constitution, members of the SAPS... violents killed an unarmed protester after severely beating him... The ANC strongly condemns the brutal beating of the man to death, a chilling and sad scene which was later shown to millions on ... the SABC*." -- [email protected] or [email protected]. You will find me on both e-mails cell:0789228959 tell:021-387-0022/3 fax:086 604 1369 "Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology." - Joe Slovo -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
