COSATU – condemns ‘police brutality’
By Rhodé Marshall11 September 2007
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) says they condemn the ‘police brutality’ against the residence of the Joe Slovo informal settlement.
“People have been raising legitimate concerns against the government housing policy which has in the main not responded to their needs,” says COSATU secretary general, Tony Ehrenreich.
He says the protest was a demonstration of a desperate situation that needs urgent action from the government.
“This lack of delivery is again related to the lack of cooperation between the various levels of government.
The government must now start delivering on the promise of the freedom charter of houses, security and comfort,” says Ehrenreich.
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