A Grahamstown man is fearing for his life after an attack on Monday night - which he claims was orchestrated by a business rival and former employer - left him bruised and in pain and, he believes, within seconds of being burnt alive.
Up to 350 protesters are expected to gather outside the Grahamstown Magistrate's Court on Wednesday 29 February, where social activist Ayanda Kota is due to appear on charges of resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer as well as a third charge, of theft, which triggered an alleged assault on him by officers at Grahamstown.
Local activists have vowed to "paint High Street red with [their] anger", as police categorically deny attacking well-known social activist Ayanda Kota at the Beaufort Street police station last week.
Unemployed People's Movement leader Ayanda Kota was arrested on a charge of theft on Thursday afternoon, and allegedly assaulted by police in front of his 6-year-old son.
Glenmore activist Velile Ben Mafani stoned and broke a window in the Grahamstown High Court on Friday morning, and then waited patiently for the police to arrive and arrest him.
People of Khoisan descent must unite. The ANC and DA are using you to further the interests of their people. These parties don't care for you. They only want your votes. Punish them in 2014.