Neither of which applies to Zimbabwean refugees. I am not anti-ANC as such, but I agree about the scapegoating of refugees to cover the state’s own inability or unwillingness to address domestic social problems. That’s why we have to keep up the pressure for refugee rights and services; and may need to do so for some time even if Mugabe goes.

A very different scene to the one in Pretoria. I’m very troubled by the way the SA Government seems ready to tolerate xenophobia and to promote the idea that illegal immigrants are responsible for our crime wave (as if)”.

The police are not going to get sued by anyone…How can the anc sue itself ?

The anc promotes the idea that it is the illegals to blame
a) because the illegals are to blame
b) because they have a convenient excuse for their own failings and compulsory incompetence.

Student pubs raided and definitely some animosity at work. The police are probably going to have their blue pants sued off.

A very different scene to the one in Pretoria. I’m very troubled by the way the SA Government seems ready to tolerate xenophobia and to promote the idea that illegal immigrants are responsible for our crime wave (as if).

“Thanx my brother. 2gether we shal liberate the pple of Zim. We r going 2 court 2moro and whatever the outcme the struggle shal continu without fear”

God will prevail, Zimbabwe will get its peace & freedom. God bless you all in the struggle.

The police denied these reports of violence, and claimed that they were simply carrying out a series of “normal” drug raids to clamp down on crime.

Oops! Big whoop-whoop! They obviously didn’t see the cctv cameras in the club…Carte Blanche showed video footage of the event as it unfolded!

According to Carte Blanche, this was the 2nd incident of police violence. They did another story last year. (I think it was in a different province or town)

What on earth is going on???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Malawi set to clear Zimbabwe arms
Nyasa Times, Malawi

Nyasa Times Reporter 29 April, 2008

“Malawi government has sent a top three man national intelligence experts to
Angola to look at ways of helping Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe clear
the weapons aboard the beleaguered Chinese ship that has docked in Luanda,
Angola, Nyasa Times has learnt.

The Malawi team is comprised of Mr Clement Kapalamula - Head of Secret
Intelligence Services (SIS), Mr George Masinga - Acting Director of Foreign
Relations (Intelligence) and a Mr Matanga - Technical Engineer
(Intelligence).

The delegation left the country on Sunday through Kamuzu International
Airport via South Africa to Luanda, Angola’s capital to assess the means of
clearing the arms in disguise as if they have been donated to Malawi by the
Chinese Defence Forces.

“Malawi Secret Intelligence Services (SIS) was approached by the Central
Intelligence Organisation (CIO) of Zimbabwe to help in clearing the arms if
the ship docked in Angola,” said a State House source speaking on condition
of anonymity.

Malawi leader Bingu Mutharika is a staunch supporter of the 84 year old
Zimbabwean dictator and has been providing supplies to his household and
‘donated’ 400 000 tonnes of maize to ZANU-PF to buy votes during the March
29 disputed general elections.

China and Zimbabwe want to clear the weapons as a donation to Malawi under
recently signed US$4 million China-Malawi defence cooperation. The weapons
are further to be smuggled into Zimbabwe.

“The plan is to clear the arms as if they are to be used by Malawi while in
real sense they will be passed over to Zimbabwe using trucks ferrying maize
being sold to Zimbabwe by the president,” added the source.”

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