The hype around the ANC manifesto launch on the Sat 11th January had hardly died down when a mere two days later three protestors lay dead in the streets of Mothotlung
Mike Tshele and Osia Rahube were shot by the police while Lerato Seema was, it is alleged by residents, assaulted and pushed from a moving Nyala. Enoch Seimela died on the 19th January of wounds the police had inflicted on the 13th. The ANC Manifesto promised to fight corruption and crime, 'to restrict public servants from doing business' but again the echo of Marikana is being felt around the country.
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