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As SAMWU strike moves into its second week, police finally starts arresting rowdy members breaking law
Strike turns ugly
Police arrest 20 By Frans van der Merwe Twenty people were arrested on charges of public violence this week Tuesday at the munici pal workshop in Louis Trichardt, in the latest development around SAMWU’s strike action. A Makhado municipal spokesperson indicated that internal disciplinary action will follow.
This rubbish still burning, after SAMWU’s march through town on Monday.
The arrests follow a scuffle which broke out between demonstrators and the police, after stones were thrown at the police who were on standby. The 20 were all released on R300 bail each and were due to appear in court at the time of going to press on Wednesday. The scuffle on Tuesday afternoon at the municipal workshop at the junction of Burger and Vorster Street followed an earlier unauthorized protest march on Monday through the centre of the town, under police escort. During Monday’s lunchtime demonstration, pedestrians in Louis Trichardt’s Songozwi Street expressed disbelief as SAMWU members once again overturned rubbish bins, but this time setting them alight. There was no effort on the part of the police to restrain or to arrest the culprits. Bystanders wanted to know whether it was a lawful demonstration and if so, how the responsible authorities could allow a repeat performance of the unlawful conduct of strikers during last week’s march? Local police spokesperson Capt Maano Sadike said upon enquiry : ”The police are instructed that any crime committed should immediately be acted on. This is currently the subject of further investigation, why an arrest was not made [on Monday].” Sadike said that before any protest march, all the stakeholders (police, union leaders and municipal council) met to set out the relevant rules and preconditions for the public protest action. A standard part of these rules is that no littering, no damage to SAMWU workers after they where brought under control at the municipal workshop. In the property and no fires are permitted. (Contd on P2) foreground are some of the rocks they used to attack the police.
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