- Note - I see that Hillbrow's notorious highrise fridge
drops, etc, even made the DrudgeReport. I'm going to get some news film
footage regarding the violence in Hillbrow on New Year's Eve. It is quite
astounding what the blacks have turned Hillbrow into... from a place which
once sported movie theatres, cafes and nightlife galore... to the filthiest,
most dangerous part of Johannesburg. A friend of mine's brother got involved
with Nigerian drug dealers there some years ago. He and a woman were fed
rat-poison by the Nigerians and they died in a hotel room in Hillbrow.
Their corpses lay there for two days before the Police found them.
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- Another friend of mine knows a rich guy who owns property,
including a block of flats [apartments] in Hillbrow. He tells me that property
prices there are so bad, that he can't sell his block of flats for even
R100,000 (about $20,000US). -Jan
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- New Year's Flying Fridges Warning
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- Police often raid the notorious Hillbrow neighbourhood
South African police will crack down hard on anybody throwing old fridges
from high-rise buildings during the New Year's holiday, they say.
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- Police and soldiers are on patrol in Johannesburg's notorious
Hillbrow suburb, famous for the practice.
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- Throwing heavy objects from balconies and firing guns
have become something of a bad "New Year's institution," said
police Inspector Kriben Naidoo.
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- Revellers have been killed in the past after being hit
by stray bullets.
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- It is not clear why Hillbrow residents have taken to
seeing in the New Year by throwing objects such as fridges, microwave ovens,
beds, rubbish bins and condoms out of their windows.
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- Some also aim their New Year fireworks horizontally,
so they go from one high-rise apartment into another.
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- Police wear helmets and bullet-proof vests when on duty
on New Year's Eve, reports AFP news agency.
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- "We have given out thousands of pamphlets pleading
with people not to throw objects, including things like refrigerators,
from their balconies, as well as asking people not to fire celebratory
shots in the air," said Inspector Naidoo.
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- He said armoured vehicles would be stationed throughout
Hillbrow and the police would raid any buildings where there were problems.
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- A private medical services spokesperson said doctors
and paramedics would be deployed in Hillbrow and an emergency centre had
been set up at a fire station to deal with injuries.
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- "We will have at least four doctors and more than
20 medical personnel working around the clock in a combined effort with
provincial health authorities," said Mandy Toubkin.
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- Source: DrudgeReport.com (link to BBC Article)
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