english
nederlands
Indymedia NL
Independent Media Centre of the Netherlands
Indymedia NL is an independent free communication organisation. Indymedia offers an alternative approach to the news by using an open publishing method for text, images, video and audio.
> contact > search > archive > help > join > publish news > open newswire > disclaimer > chat
Search

 
All Words
Any Word
Contains Media:
Only images
Only video
Only audio

Dossiers
Agenda
CHAT!
LINKS

European NewsReal

MDI's complaint against Indymedia.nl
Courtcase Deutsche Bahn vs. Indymedia.nl
Topics
anti-fascisme / racisme
europa
feminisme
gentechnologie
globalisering
kunst, cultuur en muziek
media
militarisme
natuur, dier en mens
oranje
vrijheid, repressie & mensenrechten
wereldcrisis
wonen/kraken
zonder rubriek
Events
G8
Oaxaca
Schinveld
Schoonmakers-Campagne
Help
Tips for newbies
A short intro into Indymedia NL
The policy of Indymedia NL
How to join?
Donate
Support Indymedia NL with donations!
Lawsuits cost a lot of money, we appreciate every (euro)cent you can spare!

You can also direct your donation to Dutch bank account 94.32.153 on behalf of Stichting Vrienden van Indymedia, Amsterdam (IBAN: NL41 PSTB 0009 4321 53)
Indymedia Network

www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa
ambazonia
canarias
estrecho / madiaq
kenya
nigeria
south africa

Canada
hamilton
london, ontario
maritimes
montreal
ontario
ottawa
quebec
thunder bay
vancouver
victoria
windsor
winnipeg

East Asia
burma
jakarta
japan
manila
qc

Europe
alacant
andorra
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
bristol
bulgaria
croatia
cyprus
estrecho / madiaq
euskal herria
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
lille
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
netherlands
nice
norway
oost-vlaanderen
paris/île-de-france
poland
portugal
romania
russia
scotland
sverige
switzerland
thessaloniki
toulouse
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia
west vlaanderen

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
brasil
chiapas
chile
chile sur
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso

Oceania
adelaide
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
oceania
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india
mumbai

United States
arizona
arkansas
atlanta
austin
baltimore
big muddy
binghamton
boston
buffalo
charlottesville
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
danbury, ct
dc
hampton roads, va
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
idaho
ithaca
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
omaha
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
seattle
tallahassee-red hills
tampa bay
tennessee
united states
urbana-champaign
utah
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
armenia
beirut
israel
palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
discussion
fbi/legal updates
indymedia faq
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech
volunteer
Credits
This site is produced by volunteers using free software where possible.

The system we use is available from:mir.indymedia.de
an alternative is available from: active.org.au/doc

Thanks to indymedia.de and mir-coders for creating and sharing mir!

Contact:
info @ indymedia.nl
South Africa: APF water activist shot dead
indymedia south africa - 12.02.2003 03:58

Early in the morning of February 8 in Orange Farm (an informal settlement of 1.5 million people south of Johannesburg), 61 year-old Orange Farm Water Crisis Committee (OWCC) and Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) activist Emily Nengolo, was shotdead in her home by two unknown assailants in what appears to be a politically motivated attack. Over the last year, the OWCC has been actively and effectively involved in resisting water and electricity cut-offs and evictions in their community.

OWCC marching in solidarity with 2000 people evicted from downtown JHB Dec 2002
OWCC marching in solidarity with 2000 people evicted from downtown JHB Dec 2002

ORANGE FARM, 8 FEBRUARY - For the past year, Indymedia South Africa has been reporting extensively about the increasing repression against activists fighting GEAR (Growth, Employment and Redistribution), the ANC neoliberal strategy. After being shot at by Johannesburg Mayor's security guard, 87 Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee activists were jailed for two weeks in April - the case is still pending in court. More than 200 Anti-Eviction Campaign activists across the Cape Flats have been arrested and detained since June - almost ten court cases are still pending against them. The presence of international delegates during the World Summit on Sustainable Development didn't stop the government: when the summit opened, 100 activists of the Landless Peoples' Movement were jailed for refusing to leave the site of a march, another 100 activists from the Soldiers' Forum (an Anti-Privatisation Forum affiliate) were detained for 'taking a train'. In order to market their 'home-grown' structural adjustment programme for Africa, NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development), Thabo Mbeki and his government had to hide and repress the growing dissent against the same neoliberal policies that have been tested in South Africa since 1996.

Early this morning in Orange Farm (an informal settlement of 1.5 million people South of Johannesburg), in what appears to be a politically motivated attack, 61 year-old APF and Orange Farm Water Crisis Committee (OWCC) activist Emily Nengolo, was shot dead in her home by two unknown assailants. According to family members who were present in the house at the time of the murder, two adult black males forced their way into Emily Nengolo?s house around 1am on Friday night shining flashlights into the darkened rooms. When they came upon Emily Nengolo they were reported to have said, ?this is the one we are looking for?, and proceeded to shoot her twice. The two men ignored the other four people present, ran out of the house without taking anything and then disappeared into the streets of the sprawling settlement. Comrade Emily died on the spot.

Over the last year, the OWCC has been actively and effectively involved in resisting water and electricity cut-offs and evictions in their community as well as building community organisation and struggle for meaningful socio-economic development in response to the anti-people, GEAR-inspired policies being implemented by the ANC government.

Photos of Orange Farm, by imc italy: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

In another informal settlement of Johannesburg, Protea South, the Red Ants - members of Wozani Security, the private security company specialized in mass evictions which is being hired by ANC councillors to do their dirty job - have begun travelling around to intimidate the residents and to plan their attack on them. The Protea South Landless Peoples' Movement condemns "the vengeful plans of the Red Ants to begin another forced removal in our settlement after some of our members supported our comrades resisting the forced removals underway in Eikenhof."


=== act your rage ===>
www.apf.org.za
www.antieviction.org.za
southafrica.indymedia.org


- E-Mail: indymedia@union.org.za Website: http://southafrica.indymedia.org
 

Read more about: globalisering

supplements
> indymedia.nl > search > archive > help > join > publish news > open newswire > disclaimer > chat
DISCLAIMER: Indymedia NL uses the 'open posting' principle to promote freedom of speech. The news (text, images, audio and video) posted in the open newswire of Indymedia NL remains the property of the author who posted it. The views in these postings do not necesseraly reflect the views of the editorial team of Indymedia NL. Furthermore, it is not always possible to guarantee the accuracy of the postings.