SOUTH AFRICA - SA riots over shifting provinces

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Thursday, 15 December

2005, 10:56 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA riots

over shifting provinces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residents

of a South African township have been on the rampage over a shift in

provincial borders.

Police said they arrested 71 people for public violence in

Khutsong.

One policeman was badly burnt by a petrol bomb as residents set

light to houses and threw stones, while police responded with rubber bullets.

 

Khutsong is part of the rich Gauteng province. The

riots erupted when parliament confirmed the area would be transferred to

North-West province.

Residents of Gauteng fear they will

receive inferior services if their areas are moved to poorer provinces.

Calm

Protests over the proposed changes have taken place in recent

months in several places near the borders of Gauteng province, home

to South Africa's biggest city, Johannesburg.

Violence broke out on Wednesday after people assembled

in the Khutsong stadium to hear the result of a decision by the National

Council of Provinces, the upper house of parliament.

The NCoP approved the Cross-border Municipalities Bill, which

allows government to reallocate areas from one province to another so as to

get rid of municipalities that cross provincial boundaries.

In terms of the new law, government intends to make all of

Merafong municipality - which includes Khutsong - part of North-West

province.

Violence continued into Wednesday evening, but the area

was reported to be quiet on Thursday morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4530840.stm

 

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