Nondumiso Mbuyazi

Daily News: Informal settlers group celebrate court triumph

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Informal settlers group celebrate court triumph

October 15, 2009 Edition 1

NONDUMISO MBUYAZI

Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement, which represents thousands of people who live in informal settlements, will slaughter two cows to celebrate yesterday's Constitutional Court ruling that a law allowing mass evictions in the province was unconstitutional.

The group approached the Durban High Court earlier this year, challenging the constitutionality of the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Act.

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