Last Saturday 14 people were arrested on charges of public violence after 750 people from the Kennedy Road Informal Settlement in Claire Estate blockaded Umgeni Road with burning tyres for four hours. On the following Monday, Human Rights Day, 1 200 people tried to march to the Sydenham police station to demand that either the Kennedy Road 14 be released or else the entire community be arrested because "If they are criminal then we are all criminal". The march was dispersed with dogs and tear gas. "This is clearly one of the biggest and most militant protests to have shaken Durban in the post-apartheid era. But these events are not unique to Durban. Similar revolts have occurred in cities and towns across the country in recent months," states this article from the website of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of Kwazulu Natal in South Africa.