eMaus cracks

Blue window to the factories and the road to Jo'burg (1)
Blue window to the factories and the road to Jo'burg (1)
Blue window to the factories and the road to Jo'burg (2)
Blue window to the factories and the road to Jo'burg (2)
The sacred & the cracked
The sacred & the cracked
Check the beam for a sediment of a past regime of knowledge & power over shack dwellers
Check the beam for a sediment of a past regime of knowledge & power over shack dwellers
The weird, hot, split at the seams fibreglass houses the Catholic Church built after they evicted people for factories
The weird, hot, split at the seams fibreglass houses the Catholic Church built after they evicted people for factories
Red Mielies in the morning sun
Red Mielies in the morning sun
Louisa, Constance & neighbours
Louisa, Constance & neighbours
Silindile Motha
Silindile Motha
Ma Hlengwa defiant
Ma Hlengwa defiant
Ma Hlengwa's cracked house
Ma Hlengwa's cracked house
Burst of Light in Ma Hlengwa's Blue Kitchen
Burst of Light in Ma Hlengwa's Blue Kitchen
The Khumalos
The Khumalos
Mr. Pewa's cracked house
Mr. Pewa's cracked house
Mr. Pewa and soccer boys outside neighbour's cracked house
Mr. Pewa and soccer boys outside neighbour's cracked house
Shacks. Factories. Road to Jo'burg.
Shacks. Factories. Road to Jo'burg.

On Monday 2 October New eMaus became the 34th settlement to join Abahlali.

eMaus is cracking up. The houses built there 16 years ago are cracking up. The idea that this community, with its 3 stand pipes and adult children in backyard shacks, is already 'developed' and should not expect anything more is cracking up. And the loyalty to the councillor system has cracked up. Read more here.

Or check out an eMaus press release on the IndyMedia archive at http://southafrica.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/11342.php and a photo essay at http://southafrica.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/11239.php

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