UPDATE!
Now, it seems, things have jumped straight out of the frying pan and into the fire. Read THIS:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=ct20020824220846843M620187&set_id=1
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=ct20020823215333898W613259&set_id=1
Now, bear in mind that all of this BS is happening about two city blocks away from WHERE I LIVE!!!
Extraordinarily, it seems that the police presence has intensified.
I'm just holding thumbs that some really p*ssed off protestor doesn't decide to release a little bit of the ole nerve gas so close to my house. DAMN.