South Africa: Zimbabwe style evictions slated

Evictions in Johannesburg have sparked protests from civil rights groups, who accuse South Africa of copying Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's controversial urban clearance programme, in which hundreds of thousands of homes have been demolished by government officials. Johannesburg is accused of relying on apartheid-era laws to evict people to make room for inner-city regeneration plans ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup.