- Title: SOUTH AFRICA: ZULUS MARCH IN JOHANNESBERG TO PROTEST LEFT-LEANING TRADE UNION
- Date: 29th October 1993
- Summary: (DINKY MKHIZE AND PETER MARITI - RTV) JOHANNESBURG (OCTOBER 30) GV THOUSANDS OF MARCHERS SINGING AND CHANTING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE STREETS (3 SHOTS) MS ARMED POLICE WALKING IN THE STREETS (2 SHOTS) GV CROWD GV MARCHERS CARRYING PROTEST PLACARDS (2 SHOTS) MS ARMED POLICE WALKING IN THE STREETS GV THOUSANDS IN TRADITIONAL DRESS CARRYING STICKS AND SHIELDS/ DANCING
- Embargoed: 13th November 1993 12:00
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- Location: JOHANNESBURG AND EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA
- Country: South Africa
- Topics: Domestic Politics
- Reuters ID: LVALG89GPI9C0E5VDYGQZZLQWMR
- Story Text: Thousands of conservative Zulus, many wearing traditional skins, marched through central Johannesburg on Saturday (October 30) to protest against the rise of a left-leaning police trade union.
Armed police and soldiers escorted the crowd, estimated by reporters at around 20,000, through the city from a black migrant-workers' hostel to the John Vorster Square police headquarters, where they handed over a memorandum.
Shooting erupted and people scattered for cover as the crowd headed back to train and bus stations. Police said there were no reports of anyone being wounded.
The march was organised by Zulu chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi's Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) to protest against the rise of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU), which is aligned to Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC).
In the Eastern Cape coastal city of East London, 2,500 POPCRU members took to the streets to demand recognition.
Meanwhile State President F.W De Klerk, has reassured black supporters that negotiations would not be delayed.
Speaking to about 4,000 mainly black supporters of the ruling white-dominated National Party at a rally in Johannesburg, De Klerk's was referring to the continued refusal of white right-wing parties and the IFP to return to the multi-party democracy negotiations.
His sentiments were echoed by ANC President Nelson Mandela who on Friday night told supporters the election would go ahead with or without the dissenting parties. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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