CAPE TOWN-ANC uses toilets to start a war

Police clash with demonstrators during protests over the removal of open-air toilets in Khayelitsha, on 1 June, about 30Km from the centre of Cape Town. South African police on Tuesday arrested 26 protestors who burned tyres, threw stones and blocked roads. Police reacted to three separate uprisings in Khayelitsha, a poor area of shacks in the east of the city, firing rubber bullets at some of the crowds.

Police stand behind burning barricades in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township during protests over service delivery which includes housing and sanitation, June 1, 2010. The city is one of nine South African cities hosting the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup, which kicks off on June 11.

Police stand behind burning barricades in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township during protests over service delivery which includes housing and sanitation, June 1, 2010. The city is one of nine South African cities hosting the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup, which kicks off on June 11.

A policeman moves a buring tyre off the road during protests over the removal of open-air toilets in Khayelitsha, on 1 June, about 30Km from the centre of Cape Town. South African police on Tuesday arrested 26 protestors who burned tyres, threw stones and blocked roads. Police reacted to three separate uprisings in Khayelitsha, a poor area of shacks in the east of the city, firing rubber bullets at some of the crowds.

Police confront a group of protestors during violent service delivery protests in Khayelitsha, on June 1, 2010 about 30 Km from the centre of Cape Town. The groups, ranging from 100 to 300 people, took to the streets over the city's tearing down of the controversial toilets after temporary enclosures were vandalised by youth members of the ruling African National Congress. Earlier this year, pictures of the open-air toilets which were built by the city in an upgrade of the area caused widespread outrage. The toilets issue sparked controversy in January with reports that affected residents could not afford to build enclosures as agreed in 2007 with the city.

Protestors clash with police during protests over the removal of open-air toilets in Khayelitsha, on 1 June, about 30Km from the centre of Cape Town. South African police on Tuesday arrested 26 protestors who burned tyres, threw stones and blocked roads. Police reacted to three separate uprisings in Khayelitsha, a poor area of shacks in the east of the city, firing rubber bullets at some of the crowds.

Police stand behind burning barricades in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township during protests over service delivery which includes housing and sanitation, June 1, 2010. The city is one of nine South African cities hosting the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup, which kicks off on June 11.

Police stand just before baton charging a group of illegally charging protestors, during service delivery protests in Khayelitsha, on June 1, 2010 about 30km from the centre of Cape Town. The protests began when the country's ruling party, tha African National Congress' Youth League detroyed the corrugated iron enclosures around toilets, in the Makaza suburb, saying they were inhumane. Then the opposition Democtaic Alliance controlled Cape Town City Council removed the toilets altogether, and people protested against this. The protests become wider in their scope to general unhapppiness about delivery of basic services. There are more than one million people living in Khayelithsa, which has been impoverished, but is being slowly upgraded.

A group of protestors march towards burning tyres, in the street, during violent service delivery protests in Khayelitsha, on June 1, 20210 about 30km from the centre of Cape Town. The protests began when the country's ruling party, the African National Congress' Youth League detroyed the corrugated iron enclosures around toilets, in the Makaza suburb, saying they were inhumane. Then the opposition Democtaic Alliance controlled Cape Town City Council removed the toilets altogether, and people protested against this. The protests become wider in their scope to general unhapppiness about delivery of basic services. There are more than one million people living in Khayelithsa, which has been impoverished, but is being slowly upgraded.

A policeman keeps watch, in front of a fruit stall, during violent service delivery protests in Khayelitsha, on June 1,2010 about 30km from the centre of Cape Town. The protests began when the country's ruling party, the African National Congress' Youth League detroyed the corrugated iron enclosures around toilets, in the Makaza suburb, saying they were inhumane. Then the opposition Democtaic Alliance controlled Cape Town City Council removed the toilets altogether, and people protested against this. The protests become wider in their scope to general unhapppiness about delivery of basic services. There are more than one million people living in Khayelithsa, which has been impoverished, but is being slowly upgraded.

A group of protestors march towards burning tyres, in the street, during violent service delivery protests in Khayelitsha, on June 1, 2010 about 30km from the centre of Cape Town. The protests began when the country's ruling party, the African National Congress' Youth League detroyed the corrugated iron enclosures around toilets, in the Makaza suburb, saying they were inhumane. Then the opposition Democtaic Alliance controlled Cape Town City Council removed the toilets Police baton charge a group of protestors, during service delivery protests in Khayelitsha, on 01 June, about 30Km from the centre of Cape Town. The protests began when the country's ruling party, tha African National Congress' Youth League detroyed the corrugated iron enclosures around toilets, in the Makaza suburb, saying they were inhumane. Then the opposition Democtaic Alliance controlled Cape Town City Council removed the toilets altogether, and people protested against this. The protests become wider in their scope to general unhapppiness about delivery of basic services. There are more than one million people living in Khayelithsa, which has been impoverished, but is being slowly upgraded.