eThekwini Municipality Illegally Demolishes Mpume Nompumelelo's shack in Siyanda, Section B, Durban
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Thu, 2009-05-28 08:01.
Inside Mpume Nompumelelo's demolished shack, belongings smashed and broken
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Inside Mpume Nompumelelo's demolished shack
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Mpume Nompumelelo's demolished shack, and demolished toilet
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Inside Mpume Nompumelelo's demolished shack - in background the freeway, which has resulted in evictions and demolitions.JPG
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Abahlali baseMjondolo Emergency Press Release
27 May 2009
Another Illegal Demolition in Siyanda - call for the immediate arrest of Municipal Official
Yesterday Mr. Bonginkosi Hlengwe, an official in the eThekwini Municipal Housing Department, went to the home of Mpume Nompumelelo in Siyanda Section B, Durban with Municipal Workers and the police. The municipal workers demolished her toilet. Today they returned and demolished her home. So far only one shack has been destroyed but they may destory more soon.
The municipality want to build RDP houses, for other people, in the area - i.e. the people that have lost their home will not bennefit from the construction of the new houses. The eThekwini Municipality had no court order and therefore the demolition was another illegal and in fact criminal offence on the part of the municipality. It is a sad fact that the police are being used to protect the municiaplity's criminality rather than to follow the law and to protect the people from the municipality's criminality.
No alternative accommodation has been provided for the family that have lost their home. They have just been left homeless.
As a movement we are calling for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Mr. Bonginkosi Hlengwe and all government officials, in all cities in South Africa, that give orders for these sorts of criminal attacks on the poor.
We are also calling for the legal community to take this state criminality seriously and to offer pro bono legal support to people and communities that are being victimised in the state's illegal and criminal war on the poor. Most times poor people that are victims of state criminality in Durban are unable to find lawyers. It is the same in Cape Town.
Finally we are also calling for all municipal workers' unions to refuse to carry out any orders from their bosses to unlawfully demolish people's homes.
For more information contact Mpume Nompumelelo on 078 267 8169
Siyanda - Digital Archive
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Protesters hurt as police fire rubber bullets, Daily News, 5 December 2005
What Happened at or to the SMI, 18 December 2006
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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
Another Illegal Demolition in Siyanda - call for the immediate arrest of Municipal Official, 27 May 2009
Photographs of the remains if Mpume Nompumelelo's shack after illegal demolition, 27 May 2009
Mpume Nompumelelo, short film, 28 May 2009
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