[lbo-talk] South Africa uses apartheid laws to evict thousands for World Cup

mike larkin mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 29 17:07:00 PDT 2005


"Riots broke out after thousands of people in Johannesburg were forced out of their homes by South African authorities who invoked apartheid-era laws to tidy up the city centre in time for the 2010 World Cup.

Street hawkers, unofficial security guards and scrap collectors have been moved, sometimes by force, out of the dilapidated office blocks that have become homes for thousands of poor families in Johannesburg, to pave the way for new businesses and hotels...."

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article302485.ece

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