A 5 room jondolo – soon to be demolished, if Bheki Cele has his way, for one room government shack in the Richmond Farm transit camp.
Siyanda residents wounded by police rubber bullets during road blockade, 4 December 2006
Protesters hurt as police fire rubber bullets, Daily News, 5 December 2005
What Happened at or to the SMI, 18 December 2006
Abantu abampofu namaPhoyisa, Izwe Labampofu, 14 January 2007
The Strong Poor and the Police, Izwe Labampofu, 19 January 2008
‘No one can have it if we can’t’, Daily News, 20 August 2008
Victory in Court While Evictions Continue Outside, 26 August 2008
Ward councillor locked in home over service delay, 12 September 2008
Bebesho ukubakhipha ngodli ezindlini zomxhaso, Isolezwe 16 September 2008
Siyanda Crisis: Evictions, Police Intimidation, Unjust Housing Allocation etc., 17 September 2008
Siyanda Pictures, 17 September 2008
Letter to Obed Mlaba on the Siyanda Crisis from the Centre on Housing Rights & Evictions, 24 October 2008
Siyanda – the day before the big march, 9 November 2008
Memorandum of Demands by the Siyanda Abahlali baseMjondolo Branch, 10 November 2008
Pictures of the Siyanda March (1), 10 November 2008
Pictures of the Siyanda March(2), 10 November 2008
KZN housing development threatened, Daily News 13 November 2008
Pictures of the meeting to plan resistance to Bheki Cele’s evictions & pictures of the transit camp to which people are supposed to be forcibly removed, 7 December 2008
Bheki Cele Threatens 61 Siyanda Families with Forced Removal, 7 December 2008
Siyanda Abahlali baseMjondolo Letter to the State Attorney, 9 December 2008
Pictures of the removal to the transit camp (accepted by 2 families), 11 December 2008
Siyanda on Google Earth, uploaded 12 December 2008
50 Families Remain in the their Homes and Refuse Eviction to “Transit Camp” Under Heavy Police Presence, 18 December 2008
Siyanda, Report Back from the High Court, 9 January 2009 (This picture set also shows the size of the Siyanda shacks
Siyanda: Agreement on Negotiations, Court Date Set Down for 27 January, 12 January 2009
Abahlali baseMjondolo answering affidavit, 22nd January 2009
CALS Statement on Forced Removal of Siyanda Residents to Transit Camps, 23 January 2009
Mercury Op-Ed: ‘Forced Removals’, by Kerry Chance, Marie Huchzermeyer and Mark Hunter, 29 January 2009
Mercury, Op-Ed: Meeting people’s housing rights, by Mike Mabuyakhulu, 9 February 2009