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

[mike larkin]

"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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