Members of the Landless People's Movement (LPM) arrested on election day in Thembelihle informal settlement near Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, were granted bail in the Protea magistrate's court last Thursday. LPM spokesperson Mangaliso Kubheka said 60 activists were granted R300 bail after spending a night in the holding cells. They were charged with contravening electoral laws. Kubheka said some LPM members were "subjected to interrogation, harassment and physical violence last night while in prison".