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<v Speaker 1>On this Dam Working Class History the sixth of January,

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<v Speaker 1>and on the sixth of January two thousand and five,

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<v Speaker 1>local residents in Bayview in Chatsworth, Durban, South Africa successfully

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<v Speaker 1>fought off a local water disconnection team. This was especially

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<v Speaker 1>courageous given that a council security team had previously murdered

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<v Speaker 1>a teenage boy, Marcel King, elsewhere in the city after

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<v Speaker 1>he attempted to help his mother during a disconnection of

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<v Speaker 1>her electricity. The council, run by the African National Congress ANC,

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<v Speaker 1>said they would be back with greater force. Since the

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<v Speaker 1>ANC were elected in nineteen ninety four, they pursued a

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<v Speaker 1>neoliberal agenda of privatization and disconnected the water supply to

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<v Speaker 1>over one million homes, while thousands of people continued to

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<v Speaker 1>die each year from diarrhea, mostly caused by unsafe water.

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<v Speaker 1>The sources, maps, and all of our anniversaries each day.

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<v Speaker 1>a Decado ad See you Tomorrow,