SUPPORT ANTI-PRIVATISATION ACTIVISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

[msbrown at boltblue.net]

For those of you in London this Thursday, please spare some time to:>

SUPPORT ANTI-PRIVATISATION ACTIVISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA 

Thursday 13 February, 5pm - 7pm, South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, 
London SW1 


Residents of Khayelitsha, Cape Town's biggest township, resisting evictions, 
water and electricity cut offs and repossessions have been arrested, harrassed 
and attacked in the media. The ANC, the banks, and the police have all lined up 
against them. Since July 2002, 15 people have been arrested on charges of 
public violence, intimidation and contempt of court. Although a number of the 
charges have been dropped, some people remain threatened with imprisonment. The 
next hearing of their case is 14 February. 

In Durban and Johannesburg people are also organising against evictions and 
relocations. A woman resisted eviction from her council flat for not paying her 
water bill. Over a quarter of a million people face 'relocation' in Durban from 
their already polluted area to make way for a multinational factory expansion. 
Meetings of 1000 angry people have taken place. The Landless People's Movement 
and the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee, part of the Anti-Privatisation 
Forum in South Africa, have joined the protests. Now some residents of Cape 
Town are organising against their children being excluded from school because 
they can't afford to pay the fees. 

SUPPORT RESISTANCE THROUGHOUT AFRICA TO THE WEST'S ECONOMICS OF THEFT AND 
GENOCIDE 

Picket organised by the AFRICAN LIBERATION SUPPORT CAMPAIGN 
07890 738997, 020 8968 0113