Category Archives: eMmaus

Occupy Durban!

27 November 2011
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

 


Occupy Durban!
Occupations Currently Underway in Hillary, KwaMashu and Pinetown

 

 



Occupy Hillary 28 November 2011

 

We are human beings, not dogs, and every human being has a right to a decent home and a right, if they choose, to a place in the city. Economic, political and legal systems that deny these rights are a threat to our humanity and must be resisted. There is enough money and space in this world for every person to have a decent home. The problem is that the money and space are being held by the few to exclude the many. If the few continue to exclude the many then it is our responsibility to ourselves, our families and our communities to resist this oppression.

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Bathi abayi ndawo abahlali basemjondolo

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Bathi abayi ndawo abahlali basemjondolo

October 20 2011 at 01:32pm

BONISWA MOHALE

Bebedinwe begane unwabu abahlali basemijondolo yase-Emmaus, eWestmead, ngasePinetown izolo bemashela inkampani efuna basuke endaweni abakhe kuyo.

 

 




March on the Mahogany Ridge 2 Property Owners Association and in Defence of the eMmause Land Occupation, eMmause, Pinetown 19 October 2011


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Protest Today in Pinetown

Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement
Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Abahlali baseMjondolo take to the Streets, demand end to vicious evictions in eMmause

South Africa’s largest social movement calls for respect, and the right to decent housing and safety

Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal

This morning, Abahlali baseMjondolo(AbM) members and allies will be joining a march from Shepstone Road to Tollage Road to call for an end to all demolitions and evictions in the eMmause community. Since late 2010, hundreds of people have had their shacks destroyed in Durban including some by the landlord, Mahogany Ridge 2 Property Owners Association. Hundreds more have been brutally evicted. The Mahogany Ridge 2 Property Owners Association is currently trying to evict people from a land occupation in eMmause. These actions by the landlord present a gross violation of people’s right to housing and safety. Today we are marching for land and housing in the cities.

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Evictions and Intimidation Continue in Many Shack Settlements After the Local Government Elections

Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement
Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Evictions and Intimidation Continue in Many Shack Settlements after the Local Government Elections

On the day after the election, 19 May 2011, the eThekwini Municipality’s Land Invasion Unit arrived in our settlements. Mr Mdletshe from the Land Invasion Unit arrived with his team to demolish shacks in Arnett Drive, Reservoir Hills. When talking to residents there Mdletshe was very rude and violent to Abahlali. He pointed at Sam Jaca and threatened him saying he is the one that took him to the High Court. Mdletshe's team them demolished two shacks leaving the families homeless. They had no court order and were acting without any respect for the law, the court, the community or the families that they left homeless.

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Shack Fire Takes a Life in eMmaus

Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Release
Sunday, 1 May 2011

Shack Fire Takes a Life in eMmaus

At 04h00am this morning a candle was accidentally knocked over in a shack in New eMmaus in Pinetown. Mr. Zulu (33), the owner of the shack, was burnt to death as the fire destroyed his shack.

The fire brigade and the police were called but by the time they came the damage was already done and Mr. Zulu was already dead. Yesterday in a separate incident the Jadhu Place shack settlement in Clare Estate was on fire as well. There has been a wave of shack fires across the country since Easter. A number of people have burnt to death. Winter is here and the poor are burning once again.

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