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Apartheid Methods Still In Use On Traders In South Africa
18 June 2009
Street traders removed crates of rotten fruit and vegetables from the Early Morning market as dozens of Metro Police kept a watchful eye on them on Wednesday morning. The Warwick Junction market has been a flashpoint in recent days with police clashing with traders. The city's plans to build a modern, multimillion-rand mall at the site of the market has incensed traders - many believing they will lose their livelihoods. On Monday, the traders were granted a third High Court order forcing the municipality to allow them to enter the market and continue trading. On Wednesday morning stall holders were involved in clean-up operations,|removing fruit, vegetables and dead chickens. Manormoney Pillay, a trader, said her vegetables and eggs would have to be thrown away. Police were positioned at the entrance to the market. The treatment of the traders has been condemned by civil society and political parties. On Tuesday, the IFP compared the city's treatment of the Early Morning Market traders to apartheid-style tactics. The IFP was reacting to reports that Metro Police used rubber bullets on traders, some of them elderly, as traders tried to enter the market. Joshua Mazibuko, the party's deputy secretary and spokesperson, said in a statement: "The manner the ANC-led eThekwini Municipality dealt with the traders is reminiscent of the way the apartheid government used to deal with the black communities and their opponents." Mazibuko said that Monday's shooting of unarmed people was evidence of the strong-arm tactics that the municipality had been employing since the market controversy began. "What we find very disturbing is that the ANC has never displayed any zeal to have this matter resolved amicably. This is on the heels of an election where they promised utopia to the citizens of this country," he said. "As the IFP we abhor this arrogant attitude and call on the municipality to engage in honest and genuine negotiations with the traders for the benefit of our economy."
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