Mass Democratic Movement (MDM) organised a Freedom March in Durban. The March began with an interfaith service and ended with a mass rally outside the Durban City Hall. It is estimated that a crowd of 20000 were waving banners and posters in order to call for the end of a state of emergency.
"We will not be compromised" Paper printing wood and allied workers union (PPWAWU) organiser, Ben Khumalo, tells striking Mondi Paper Mill workers after management broke off negotiations and refused to backdate increases, which it had previously agreed upon with the union. Later workers were assaulted and chased off the company's property.
Management chases Journalists away and try to disperse a picket line which took place at the CNA Warehouse in Rossburgh near Durban. Workers were picketing over a wage dispute between CNA and the Commercial and Catering Allied Workers Union of South Africa. (CCAWUSA)