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commander allegedly hid dockets
Hawks swoop on top officer

March 11, 2010 Edition 1

NOMPUMELELO MAGWAZA & KAMINI PADAYACHEE

AN EMBATTLED Durban police station commander was arrested by the Hawks yesterday for allegedly being in possession of case dockets - including one in which he is facing a charge of assault.

Sydenham Senior Superintendent Glen Nayager's arrest came after he secured victories in the labour and equality courts, and in an internal disciplinary hearing in recent weeks.

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Guards demolish shacks
26 November 2009, 22:47

By Nompumelelo Magwaza

Residents of Mpola informal settlement at Marrianridge, near Pinetown, spent Thursday rebuilding and repairing their shacks.

This was after a group of armed municipal security guards had ransacked and demolished more than 20 shacks, leaving about 100 people homeless.

The guards were acting on the orders of ward councillor Derrick Dimba.

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Woman set shack alight - report
17 June 2009, 11:03
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By Nompumelelo Magwaza

Residents of the Kennedy Road informal settlement, in Sea Cow Lake, Durban, spent Tuesday's public holiday rebuilding their homes after a fire destroyed 100 shacks, leaving 300 people homeless.

A resident, who would not be named, said the fire started at about 1.30am. She alleged that a woman involved in an argument with her partner started the fire.

She heard the woman saying she would burn the man because he had cheated on her.

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Four arrested over shack building material

May 18, 2009 Edition 1

NOMPUMELELO MAGWAZA

FOUR people were arrested in Durban yesterday after they were found in possession of suspected stolen building material.

Sydenham police Superintendent Glen Nayager said that residents from the Foreman Road informal settlement had notified officers that the material, which was intended for the reconstruction of burnt shacks, was being stolen.

He said the police had watched the area and four men travelling in a bakkie with the building material were arrested yesterday.

And Mabukyakhulu promised that no one would be evicted as a result of the Slums Act...

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Squatters resist relocation plan

March 05, 2009 Edition 1

NOMPUMELELO MAGWAZA

Disgruntled residents of the Palmiet Road informal settlement, near Clare Estate, Durban, have threatened not to vote in the April 22 elections if the eThekwini Municipality moves them to transit camps in Chatsworth.

Yesterday, residents burnt posters and wielded knobkierries in protest.

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No homes, no vote threat

April 15, 2009 Edition 2

Nompumelelo Magwaza & Samantha Blair

More than 300 residents of Siyanda, near Newlands in Durban, marched through KwaMashu yesterday, threatening not to vote in the elections unless the government did away with transit camps.

The camps comprise temporary shelters for people waiting to be placed in proper housing.

Siyanda shack dwellers' spokesman, Bongani Ngwenya, also called on the government to provide them with houses in nearby areas.

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Project halted by protests

February 17, 2009 Edition 1

NOMPUMELELO MAGWAZA

Construction work on houses in the Siyanda informal settlement in Newlands East was stopped yesterday after angry residents demanded that they be given jobs by the construction company spearheading the project.

Last year, the Khulula housing project was stopped for two days after residents staged a similar protest.

A spokeman for the residents, Thembi Zungu, said they had protested outside the offices of Namandla Civic Construction.

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Residents battle after fire guts 80 shacks

July 16, 2008 Edition 1

GUGU MBONAMBI & NOMPUMELELO MAGWAZA

RESIDENTS of the Kennedy Road informal settlement in Clare Estate, Durban, are still waiting for building material to be delivered so they can rebuild their lives after a fire gutted 80 shacks on Monday morning.

Officials who visited the area yesterday sparked an angry reaction from the displaced people, who had expected building material to be delivered after about 200 people were left destitute.