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Symbol of hope silenced

Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Fri, 2009-11-13 11:17. | | | | | | | | | |

http://www.dailynews.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5243863

Symbol of hope silenced
Abahlali community is not perfect. Nor does it pretend to be, writes Sarah Cooper-Knock.

November 13, 2009 Edition 1

In the wake of the violent attacks on Kennedy Road in September, Abahlali baseMjondolo has once more been carried into the media spotlight by a whirlwind of vitriolic criticism and impassioned defence.

The ferocity of this exchange exposes not only the base injustice of those attacks, but also a broader battle for the soul of South Africa. This battle is waged over conceptual and material issues: the political space for opposition; the role of citizens in a democracy and service delivery to the country's poorest citizens.

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Testimony from Brother Filippo Mondini

Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Tue, 2009-09-29 11:32. | | |

Brother Mondini's testimony was also published in the Mercury on 30 September 2009 as Abahlali baseMjondolo Is Not A Criminal Movement and, on the same day, in the Daily News as Government is persecuting Abahlali

Testimony from Brother Filippo Mondini

I spent 4 years working with Abahlali. It was a wonderful and deep experience. I had occasion of meeting wonderful people, courageous and committed comrades. I have never met criminals during our democratic meetings. On the contrary I met and listened to men and women which had the courage to say: enough!

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Daily News: Why Eskom will never beat the reconnectors

Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Wed, 2010-02-03 05:45. | | | | | | |

This article was also published in The Star as 'Private Profits from Public Utility' on 3 February.

http://www.dailynews.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5334495

Why Eskom will never beat the reconnectors

February 01, 2010 Edition 1

Richard Pithouse

The fiasco at Eskom has been oscillating between tragedy and farce at such a rate that it's become difficult to tell them apart.

No one in their right mind is likely to disagree that Eskom, an institution that should serve the public good, has been captured by an avaricious elite and turned into a vampiric excrescence on our society.

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Daily News: Thefts hit ratepayers Power cheats behind city's 30% hikes

Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Tue, 2010-02-02 20:24. | |

Abahlali baseMjondolo's Operation Khanyisa has always been non-commodified and conducted in a very safe and careful way. There have been no accidents. But media coverage of self organised connections, including those undertaken via, Operation Khanyisa has generally been entirely propogandistic (and often straightforwadly dishonest) and driven by attempts by politicians, officials and police officers to generate a social panic around the popular appropriation of electricity rather than any serious engagement with the issues.

http://www.dailynews.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5334746

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Daily News: Bail delayed for sixth time

Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Wed, 2009-11-25 07:45. | | |

http://www.dailynews.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5252356

Bail delayed for sixth time
Prayer meeting in support of detained Kennedy Road 13

November 19, 2009 Edition 2

SLINDILE MALULEKA

THERE is still no decision on whether bail will be granted to the 13 people accused of the murder of two people living in the Kennedy Road informal settlement.

Yesterday magistrate B Mbulawa of the Durban Regional Court adjourned the matter to next week for an identity parade to be held, and to give judgment.

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