SAHRC inspects sites where violence unfolded in Phoenix

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Bhambayi resident Chris Biyela said on Friday it was painful retracing the violent events that unfolded in Phoenix during the civil unrest in July.

Biyela, who testified this week at the SA Human Rights Commission investigative hearing into the unrest, led the commission’s inspection of sites in the north Durban suburb where incidents of violence played out.

The hearing in Durban is looking at the causes of the civil unrest which claimed 36 lives in Phoenix. On Friday, accompanied by a SAHRC team and the media, Biyela pointed out several spots on the Phoenix highway where roadblocks were set up by residents.Biyela recounted during the inspection how Inanda resident Thulani Mseleku was attacked at traffic lights on the highway during the unrest.

 

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