Siyanda – Digital Archive

Siyanda – Digital Archive

  • 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
  • Durban High Court Delays Bheki Cele’s Attempt at Forced Removal from Siyanda to the Richmond Farm Transit Camp, 7 February 2009
  • Mercury, Op-Ed: Meeting people’s housing rights, by Mike Mabuyakhulu, 9 February 2009
  • Photo of one of the 5 room Siyanda jondolos, 10 February 2009
  • Project halted by protests, The Mercury, 17 February 2009
  • Abahlali baseMjondolo to Launch New Branch in Siyanda , 6 March 2009
  • At the Durban High Court for the Siyanda Case, 6 March 2009
  • Siyanda Win in Court: The Struggle Against Corruption and Transit Camps Continues, 6 March 2009
  • Court orders immediate probe – Progress for shack dwellers in housing row, Mercury, 9 March 2009
  • No temporary solution, The Weekender, 14 March 2009
  • State Criminality in Siyanda, 17 March 2009
  • Pictures of the Siyanda Eviction to Richmond Farm Transit Camp on 17 March 2009 (under judicial oversight……)
  • Balale emnyango ababethenjiswe izindlu zomxhaso, Isolezwe, 20 March 2009
  • Siyanda A and B to March on Housing MEC Mike Mabuyakhulu on Tuesday 14 April 2009, 9 April 2009
  • Pictures of the Siyanda (A&B) March from Siyanda to Downtown KwaMashu, 14 April 2009
  • No homes, no vote threat, The Mercury, 15 April 2009
  • Bakhala ngentuthuko egqozayo abaseSiyanda, Isolezwe, 15 April 2009
  • Siyanda – Mpola – Macassar Village: The War on the Poor Continues, 19 May 2009
  • Siyanda – some pictures, 19 May 2009
  • Video interview from the Siyanda transit camp, 19 May 2009
  • Sad Song of Siyanda, short film by Elkartasun Bideak, 22 May 2009
  • Another Illegal Demolition in Siyanda – call for the immediate arrest of Municipal Official, 27 May 2009
  • Photographs of the remains of Mpume Nompumelelo’s shack after illegal demolition, 27 May 2009
  • Mpume Nompumelelo, short film by Elkartasun Bideak showing Mpume Nompumelelo’s home, 28 May 2009
  • Mpume Nompumelelo II, short film by Elkartasun Bideak showing the illegal destruction of Mpume Nompumelelo’s home, 28 May 2009
  • Unlawful Eviction Notice from Councillor Zwane in Siyanda, 8 July 2009
  • Nandi Mandela Celebrates Grandfather’s Birthday with the Eviction of 9 Families in Siyanda, 23 July 2009
  • eThekwini Electricity Policy Takes Another Life – 16 Year Old Boy Dies in Siyanda, 29 July 2009
  • Siyanda Community Meeting, Siyanda Section B, After 16 Boy Dies from Electrocution, 30 July 2009
  • Memorial Service for 16 Year Old Sakhephi Emmanuel Zenda, 31 July 2009