http://mg.co.za/article/2011-04-15-protesters-death-not-an-isolated-case/

Protester's death not an isolated case
ILHAM RAWOOT AND GLYNNIS UNDERHILL Apr 15 2011 07:31

The death of a protester in Setsoto, Ficksburg, on Wednesday, apparently at the hands of riot police, is not an isolated incident. The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), according to its 2010 annual report, investigated 1 769 cases of people dying in police custody or as a result of police action.

Video footage of the protester, identified as 33-year-old Andries Tatane, caused shockwaves when it was broadcast on SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) prime time news on Wednesday evening.

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-11-19-ancyl-admits-to-role-in-cape-protest

ANCYL admits to role in Cape protest
GLYNNIS UNDERHILL | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - Nov 19 2010

The ANC Youth League has openly thrown its weight behind continuing service delivery protests in Khayelitsha township, which turned violent when vehicles were stoned and a City of Cape Town bus for the physically disabled was ­petrol-bombed.

While there was initial confusion about who was involved, Andile Lili, the treasurer of the ANC Youth League in the Dullah Omar region, said residents had invited the league to take part in the protests, which took to the streets last weekend.

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-08-20-gateway-never-had-a-chance

Gateway never had a chance
GLYNNIS UNDERHILL | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - Aug 20 2009 06:00

Cape Town's disastrous N2 Gateway project began without a funded budget and was starved of agreed funding by the National Housing Department, according to a confidential report by independent forensic auditors, which was leaked to the Mail & Guardian.

Envisaged as a model solution to South Africa's housing backlog, the Gateway project was to be delivered by the three spheres of government, which, in the Western Cape, were all run by the ANC at the time.

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-06-15-small-victory-for-homeless

Cape Flats families given a reprieve from eviction, writes Glynnis Underhill

Ashraf Cassiem and 139 families who have set up home under the stars along Symphony Way in wind-swept Delft on the Cape Flats cele-brated a small victory last week after being given a reprieve in their fight against eviction.

“We’ll gladly move to houses that are safe, clean and adequate to our families’ needs,” said Cassiem, chairperson of the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign.