National Association of Democratic Laywers

02 October 2009: For immediate release

STATEMENT BY NADEL RE: KENNEDY ROAD, DURBAN ATTACKS

The National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL) joins other progressive organizations in condemning in the strongest terms the brutal and vicious attacks on the people in the Kennedy Road settlement within the Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality.

NADEL notes that there are conflicting accounts as to who the perpetrators are. Some statements reflect the attacks as being the result of Xenophobia while others see the attacks as aimed at destroying the leadership of the informal settlement. It is also claimed that the authorities are behind the attack because they want to get rid of the settlement.