08-30-2012, 04:30 PM
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Just as I had speculated ... These are the very same laws the ANC fought to stop at one time:
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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news...-1226462170188
[T]he police killings were the worst public display of state-sponsored violence since apartheid was overthrown and have traumatised a nation that hoped it had seen the last of such scenes.
The common purpose law being used to charge the miners was fought by the African National Congress when it was a liberation movement, accusing the white minority government of using it to make victims of a crime its perpetrators. The ANC has been in power for 18 years and the miserable living conditions of miners has highlighted its failure to transform the wealth of Africa's richest nation into better lives for the majority of its 48 million citizens, who continue to battle unemployment, housing shortages and poor health and education services.
In the fallout from the killings, the bitter mine strike has strengthened. Lonmin reported an average of 6.6 per cent of workers showed up across various shifts Thursday, down from 13 per cent on Monday and 50 per cent on Saturday. ...
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