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- A Stuijt
- Retired South African medical journalist, ex-Sunday Times of Johannesburg.
Alberton journalist assaulted by strikers
16:24 | 
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A Stuijt |
Also two days earlier: a Brackendowns man was torched to death.
One of the photos the reporter managed to take before an Alberton RECORD reporter was assaulted by striking NUMSA members on Jurie Street in Alrode, Alberton on July 6 2011 at 12:15.
Bruno Carvalho, who writes for the Alberton Record, said their newspaper representative arrived at the scene to find striking NUMSA members trying to pull down a factory fence where non-striking workers were trying to carry on with their work as usual. The reporter only managed to take two photographs of the scene before he was surrounded by angry NUMSA members who threatened him a- they were armed with iron bars and sticks – and told him to leave the area immediately.
As the reporter turned to leave the scene he was struck on the top of the head with a stick and stones were thrown in his direction by the workers to intimidate him further.Fortunately, the reporter did not sustain any serious injuries and managed to escape.Numsa is demanding a 13 percent salary increase. Employers in the sector are offering seven percent.The strike started on Monday after the Labour Court's weekend dismissal of an application for an interdict to stop the strike, brought by the Plastic Converters' Association.Several tre unions, representing about 170 000 workers, embarked on a countrywide strike, with a massive protest march in Johannesburg on Monday.
http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/alberton/alberton-news-general?oid=4514664&sn=Detail&pid=1171113&Reporter-assaulted-by-NUMSA-members’
Thina Sonke squatter camp, Brackendowns man burnt to death, hands and feet tied, Sunday July 3 2011 – police found a journal next to torched body
The scene where the man was found. A man was found burnt to death outside his home on Sunday morning July 3.- 6 July 2011 | Simóne Erasmus writes: Police received a complaint from a member of Thina Sonke informal settlement about an unnatural death and they responded by going to the house. A man, aged 40 was found burnt to death with his feet and hands tied. Next to the body a book that looks like a journal was found, which the police took as evidence. There was also a chair that was burnt, lying next to the body.It is alleged that he was murdered. The area was found scattered with beer bottles and there was no one on the scene of the murder, however one person was arrested. Brackendowns Police were contacted, however no comment has been forthcoming.Due to the nature of the photos, the RECORD is unable to publish them
Benoni charity-worker dead, Newlands Ave
76-year-old Benoni charity-worker mysteriously dead, Newlands Ave
7 July 2011 - An unnamed white man – widely known for his charity work in Benoni - has died under mysterious circumstances inside his heavily-secured home. It’s believed he died June 29. Police refuse to publish details. 
LookLocal.co.za journalist Marcia van Tonder writes that the unnamed man - whose family is overseas -- was involved with charity work: neighbours who found him believe he died June 26. One neighbour who does not want to be named, said he had been living there for eight years and his family lives overseas.The cause of death is still unknown as police 'were reluctant to comment until further investigation.'
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