Cape Town Mayor threatened

Cape Town mayor Helen Zille was forced to cancel an official visit to Khayelitsha on Friday evening to open a new restaurant after police warned her that striking security guards were planning to attack her. The Cape Argus reports that Zille received a telephone call late Thursday night during which a high-ranking police official warned that members of Satawu would be waiting for her. Zille said on Friday that she took that to mean her life would be threatened. Satawu spokesperson Randall Howard rejected the allegations and said any possible attack against the mayor had nothing to do with union members.