Category Archives: Solidarity

Do not vote, shack dwellers told

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

April 28 2011 at 10:09am – Cape Times DARK DAYS: Mzonke Poni consoles Nolusindiso Ketani, whose child now suffers a disability after injuries sustained in a shack fire in 2005, at the Shack Fire Summit in Khayelitsha. Community members demanded … Continue reading →

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Protest Day 1: A call for Madikizela, MEC for Human Settlement to resign

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

PROTEST DAY ONE Last week Abahlali baseMjondolo Western Cape made a call to MEC for human settlement M.R Bonginkosi Madikizela to sign an undertaking that he will never, ever again within the Western Cape Province demolish or evict people without … Continue reading →

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Invitation to All Those Seeking Political Office to Come Down to the People

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Website: khayelitshastruggles.com or www.abahlali.org Email: abmwesterncape@abahlali.org office admin: 073 2562 036/ 083 446 5081 On the 21 March 2011 Abahlali baseMjondolo Western Cape will have a mass rally at the VE shack settlement in Khayelitsha from 10:00 till 13:00. Representatives … Continue reading →

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Solidarity: The Rebellion of the Poor Comes to Grahamstown

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

Press Statement by the Unemployed People’s Movement, Grahamstown Sunday 13 February 2011 The rebellion of the poor has been spreading from town to town, from squatter camp to squatter camp, since 2004. Last week it arrived in Grahamstown. There is … Continue reading →

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DLF Statement on Mandela Park Evictions and Arrests

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

Democratic Left Front (Western Cape): Press release on eviction and arrests in Mandela Park, Khayelitsha, 7/2/2011 The Democratic Left Front condemns unreservedly the action of the Western Cape “Democratic Alliance” government and the branch of the Democratic Alliance in Mandela … Continue reading →

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Persecution from authorities against Backyarders dies down as illegal occupiers flood Mandela Park houses

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

Mandela Park Backyarders Press Release 8 December 2010 The Mandela Park Backyarders have finally experienced silence from Authorities after heavily armed police with soldiers moved in 6 families from Gugulethu and 45 other people from Town Two into unfinished houses … Continue reading →

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CDL Statement in Support of the AbM Campaign in Cape Town

Posted on October 25, 2010 by

Conference of the Democratic Left in the Western Cape Statement of Support for the Abahlali baseMjondolo of the Western Cape Call to Action in October 20 October 2010 The Conference of the Democratic Left in the Western Cape reiterates its … Continue reading →

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Update: A call for a week of informal settlement strike

Posted on October 7, 2010 by

Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement of South Africa (Western Cape Province) Home Website: khayelitshastruggles.com or www.abahlali.org Email: abmwesterncape@abahlali.org office admin: 073 2562 936/ 078 760 5246 We appeal to all struggling communities not to be intimidated by cost of damages that occurred … Continue reading →

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Photos of Hangberg rally and march

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

Mandela Park Backyarders along with the Poor People’s Alliance and some other social movements joined the march organised by residents of Hangberg in Hout Bay on Sunday.  Well over 1,000 people marched over 6km to Hout Bay Police Station.

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Media: Shack dwellers strike set to last one month

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

04 Oct 2010 | Anna Majavu and Unathi Obose | Sowetan A SIX-DAY protest in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, which cooled off at the weekend, is set to erupt again this week. Sowetan reported two weeks ago that the national shack … Continue reading →

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