http://www.isolezwe.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4747385

Uthuthuva aMacambi evala u-N2

December 05, 2008 Edition 1

Kwanele Ncalane

KUSUKE esinamathambo izolo amaphoyisa evulela ngezinhlamvu zenjoloba ejijimeza umphakathi waseMacambini obuvale umgwaqo onguthelawayeka u-N2 nobubhikishela uhlelo olwathulwa nguNdunankulu wesifundazwe, uMnuz Sbu Ndebele, lwenkampani yaseDubai, iRuwaad, lwentuthuko ka-R44 billion.

Amalungu omphakathi amaningi abelimele futhi enezibazi lapho eshaywe khona yizinhlamvu zenjoloba kanti amanye alale ebaliwe njengoba amaphoyisa eveze ukuthi bese kukhona ukucekelwa phansi kwempahla kanti nokuhlangana kwalo mphakathi bekungekho emthethweni.

http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=899002

‘Stay off our land, Premier’ - angry protesters block highway

05 December 2008
Mhlaba Memela

Protests against the controversial proposal to develop vast tracts of Macambini land for tourism turned ugly yesterday when thousands of demonstrators blocked the N2 freeway and pelted motorists with stones.

Fifteen people were arrested and 12 others seriously injured, community leader Khanyisani Shandu said.

He accused the police of using “live ammunition” on his people and said KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sbu Ndebele “has declared war and ordered police to shoot innocent people who are only defending what is rightfully theirs”.

http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global[_id]=16977

POLICE officers had their hands full yesterday when the Macambini clan on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast blocked the busy N2 and the R102, burning tyres and throwing stones at motorists.

Close to 400 people were protesting against the planned multi-billion-rand development in their area by Dubai’s Ruwaad Corporation, which is backed by Premier S’bu Ndebele.

Scores of police officers were deployed and reinforcements were called in to stop the protesters from blocking the two busy roads. When they failed to cope a police helicopter was sent in.

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-12-05-cops-break-up-protest-over-kzn-development

Police used pepper-spray and rubber bullets to disperse 3 000 people who had closed off a section of the N2 highway on Thursday in protest against a R44-bn development in the area.

Early morning traffic was brought to a standstill as protestors burnt tractor tyres and logs on the national highway between KwaDukuza and Richards Bay.

Disgruntled residents from the eMacambini area on KwaZulu-Natal’s north coast were protesting against KZN premier Sbu Ndebele’s failure to respond to community concerns about the proposed development.

Click here for pictures of police injuries.

http://www.themercury.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=vn20081205110652344C943369

Police 'shoot' Macambini protesters
5 December 2008, 11:47
By Mpume Madlala

Angry Macambini residents near Mandini on Thursday said they were shocked at the brutality of the police, saying that the treatment meted out to them smacked of the apartheid regime.

At least 10 people were arrested and several injured when a crowd of 3 000 people clashed with police.

http://www.themercury.co.za/?fArticleId=4746970

Protesters arrested, injured
N2 holiday blockade threat

December 05, 2008 Edition 2

NATHI OLIFANT, JEFF WICKS & MDUDUZI MALAZA

THE December tourism boom on the North Coast could be under threat from the Macambini community, which blockaded the N2 and R102 routes yesterday.

At least 10 people were arrested and several were injured when hundreds of rioting local people clashed with police officers trying to open the road.

Tourism officials fear that disruptions to traffic could cost the North Coast corridor millions of rands in tourist revenue.

http://www.themercury.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4065350

Police fire rubber bullets
Chaos as shack dwellers go on rampage

The Mercury

October 05, 2007 Edition 2

NTOKOZO MFUSI

Chaos erupted in Durban's Sea Cow Lake area yesterday as police clashed with informal dwellers, who were burning tyres and logs in an illegal protest.

The protesters would not allow people to go to work.

The protest, during which roads were blockaded, was sparked by the demolition of the informal residents' shacks by the Housing Department and the municipality.