Willies mchunu biography of barack

Violence at the Kennedy Road informal settlement in 2009

Willies Mchunu's response to the violent attacks on Abahlali baseMjondolo at the Kennedy Road informal settlement in 2009 was and remains controversial.^[4][5] At the time of the attack, he claimed that the attacks were by a "criminal forum" associated with Abahlali baseMjondolo president S'bu Zikode.^[6] Abahlali baseMjondolo and many civil society organizations have called the attack on Abahlali baseMjondolo and Kennedy Road residents politically motivated and blame Mchunu for condoning the attacks by an armed group affiliated with the ANC .^[7][8][9] Mchunu's response to the attacks was also criticised by Bishop Rubin Phillip and Archbishop Thabo Makgoba.^[10] Mchunu refused calls for an independent investigation into the attacks.^[11][12]Amnesty International sent a letter of concern to Willies Mchunu, but there was no response from his office.^[13]

On 18 July 2011, the case against the twelve members of Abahlali baseMjondolo arrested after the attacks was thrown out of court.^[14] The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa issued a statement saying that the "charges were based on evidence which now appears almost certainly to have been manufactured" and noting that the Magistrate had descri

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