On the 13th April, people in South Africa were stunned. On the evening news the sight of six police force members brutally beating a man, Andries Tatane, to death was aired. The images of the police smashing his body with batons and repeatedly firing rubber bullets into his chest struck a cord; people were simply shocked and appalled. Literally hundreds of articles followed in the press, politicians of all stripes also hopped on the bandwagon and said they lamented his death; and most called for the police to receive appropriate training to deal with ‘crowd control’ – after all, elections are a month away.

Murdered by ruling class:Andries Tatanes

The Soundz of the South (SOS) is an anti-capitalist political-arts collective bias to the working class and all oppressed people. We use Hiphop and poetry to spread revolutionary messages, raise consciousness and resist neo-liberalism.

Co-founders and orgainisers of Afrikan Hiphop Caravan. hiphopcaravan.net



Murdered by ruling class:Andries Tatanes

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