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Southern-Africa, Landless militants and shack-dwellers under attack in Soweto by the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF)
> The following is an urgent communication issued on behalf of, and in solidarity with the
> Landless Peoples Movement (LPM) and other shack-dwellers of Protea South, Soweto. It is
> based on information obtained by telephonic and face-to-face conversations held with LPM
> members following violent attacks against them last night. There still seems to be
> confusion, however, and details are sketchy. Updates on the situation will be made
> available as and when they are received, as will be any factual corrections. ---- On the
> evening of Sunday 23 May a group of men attempted to burn down the shack of Landless
> Peoples Movement chairperson Maureen Mnisi in the informal settlement of Protea South,
> Soweto. She was inside at the time, and was fortunate to escape with her life only because
> her son stumbled on the attackers and chased them away.
>
> At about 20h00 that same evening a group of five men - three of whom were allegedly armed
> with guns, one with a panga (machete) and one with a pick handle - jumped the fence
> surrounding the shack of another LPM member and ZACF supporter. They banged on the door to
> his partners and his shack, demanding to see "the man of the house". When they thought the
> attackers were going to break the door down, the comrade hid and his partner answered the
> door, hoping to be able to dissuade the attackers. They looked inside the shack with a
> torch, only to find the couple's two small children sleeping on the bed, and declared
> "akekho" - he is not here. They then beat up the comrade who answered the door,
> instructing her to tell her partner that they would be back for him. Fearing for their
> safety and that of their children, these comrades have been forced to flee the community
> with almost none of their belongings.
>
> After that the group of armed men* allegedly roamed around the informal settlement
> attacking people. One community member is reported as having been killed, with at least
> one more still in hospital. People who were hiding during the attacks claimed that they
> went on until 24h00, with ambulances coming and going taking people to hospital. It is not
> yet known how many people were effected by the attacks, nor how many have fled.
>
> LPM members feel certain that the attacks were orchestrated by some of the people
> inhabiting the bond houses in the area, as there has been ongoing tension between the
> shack-dwellers and bond house inhabitants over illegal electricity reconnections and
> relocations - as some of the people in the bond houses want the informal settlement to be
> relocated (as government has been trying to do for years) in order to push up the prices
> of their properties. The LPM has been at the fore in resisting these forced relocations,
> as well as in organising electricity reconnections. We believe that it is for this reason
> that its members have come under attack.
>
> The LPM and other shack-dwellers are meeting this afternoon at 16h00 at Peacemaker Park in
> Protea South to determine a response. They would appreciate the participation and support
> of as many representatives and activists from as many different social movements as possible.
>
> Total solidarity to the LPM and shack-dwellers of Protea South!!
> An injury to one is an injury to all!!
> Issued by the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF) on behalf of and in solidarity
> with the Protea South LPM comrades and shack-dwellers under attack.
>
> * It is not yet clear whether it is the same group of men responsible for all the attacks,
> or whether there was more than one group operating simultaneously.
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