A Place in the City - South Africa
More than a decade after apartheid ended millions of South Africans still live in basic home-made shacks. We hear from the inhabitants as they eloquently argue their case for real citizenship rights. The shack dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo, began in 2005. Their slogan is 'Talk to us, not about us.' 'It's not that people like to live in shacks. No one will ever want to live in these conditions but they need to be close to their work' explains S'bu Zikode, Abahlali's elected leader. However, the group has not been welcomed by the ANC. They've been met with aggression rather than with negotiations. Police shot Mariet Kikine with six rubber bullets at a peaceful demonstration. 'I'm not stopping to fight the government for my rights. Now they've made me brave.' In the build-up to the 2010 soccer World Cup, Durban shack dwellers fear they will be bulldozed out of the city, or arrested. 'This new legislation makes it a crime to build shacks or resist demolition and eviction.' But the shack dwellers are determined not to give up.
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1994: Constand Viljoen talks with Bernie Shaw (CNN)
Sunday 1994-04-24, 14:00 (CAT) CNN Daybreak Sunday with Ralph Wenge. Large car bomb in Johannesburg, South Africa. Bernard Shaw in Johannesburg. 14:00 in Johannesburg. Network 10 Australia provides footage. 6 people dead, 92 injured. Car parked between national and regional headquarters of ANC. 24 HRS PARKERING. Peter Arnett speaking to eyewitness. Buffels pull into downtown area South African Defence Force. Chicken Licken. Carl Niehaus, ANC Spokesman refers to "Ultra White" right wing, will take necessary security measures, will go ahead with elections (not that that was the ANC's call). Peter Arnett live from SABC HQ, referring to Beirut, mindless terrorism, Johannesburg, hesitant, uneasy population. Bomb came from beige Audi. 200 lb bomb. Two police officers, minimum security, checking cars before blast. Gas works in background. Weaknesses in security. Today is last official day of campaigning. Mandela is in Durban, Natal - Mangosuthu Buthelezi's stronghold. Buthelezi is in Mandela's home, Soweto. F.W. de Klerk is in Cape Town. AWB is still boycotting vote, Freedom Front (Vryheidsvront) will participate. Constand Viljoen speaks with Bernie, starting with reaction to day's bombing. Viljoen doubts Western Transvaal's AWB would come to Johannesburg. Going the constitutional way to achieve self-determination. 103.47
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