We will fight, vow squatters (South Africa)

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02/08/2005 18:16 - (SA)

Johannesburg - Squatters in Marlboro, Johannesburg, have vowed to fight any new attempts to evict them from abandoned factories where they have lived in squalor for as long as seven years.

They held off the sheriff's "Red Ants" on Monday with burning barricades at the intersections of roads leading to the area. <snip>

"We are ready to fight them," added another. "We have to fight for our rights."

Johannesburg metro police, security companies and the police kept a high presence in Marlboro amid the still-smouldering barriers on Tuesday, but there were no protesters to be seen - only youths stripping burnt-out vehicles for spare parts. <snip>

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1747804,00.html


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