COP17 and South African politics meet

[!Kaggen]

Get a glimpse of the middle ages right here in South Africa

http://vimeo.com/33344517

[Donn]

Any chance of your opinion? I don't feel like watching an expensive (b/w in SA sucks) video and then still not knowing what you found 'middle ages' about it.

[bit_pattern]

^^ Because the only options are to do nothing or to live in caves, there's obviously no in-between.

[!Kaggen]

Mob rule at the COP17 conference by Zuma supporters

[bit_pattern]

Written account? I don't have the time for videos.

[Aepervius]

Written account? I don't have the time for videos.

Do not lose your time. See some guy at a conf, some other guy come up, some guy in green still some paper (security?) and with background info it is all useless.

So yes, !kaggen, transcript+context or go bust.

And i think in future I will say the same to *anybody* with a video longer than 30 seconds and not obviously humor.

A picture might be worth a thousand word supposedly, but as I grow older and my time more limited in supply, a few sentence are much much more worth a thousand movie picture.

[!Kaggen]

Tensions between local left activists at COP 17 in Durban and the government exploded again on Thursday with activists claiming they were assaulted by “a group of pro-Zuma supporters” at a meeting with President Jacob Zuma.

“In a meeting designed for engagement between President Zuma and communities and civil society, violence broke out when peaceful civil society demonstrators silently held up signs asking ‘Zuma to stand with Africa,’” said Tristen Taylor from Earthlife Africa.

He said the “pro-Zuma supporters”, many wearing the uniforms of COP 17 volunteers then attacked the demonstrators “in an act of mob violence”.

“Demonstrators were roughed up and some had to flee the hall,” he said. “While all of this went on, President Zuma sat up on the podium and remained quiet. Furthermore, it took nearly ten minutes before police entered the hall to restore order.”

Siziwe Khanyile of groundWork said: “This was our event, organised to communicate with President Zuma. We were then abused, kicked out, robbed, and manhandled by Zuma supporters disguised as COP 17 volunteers.”

http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Activists-claim-Zuma-supporters-attacked-them-20111208-2

[The Central Scrutinizer]

What is Zuma and what is COP17?

[bit_pattern]

Zuma is the President of South Africa and I'm pretty sure COP17 is the climate change conference underway in Durban.

[Donn]

Yup, and there was some kind of protest and some reaction and .. ? OMG South Africa is doomed!