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Amnesty blasts SA government
19 Dec 2009
Sharlene Packree

ANGLICAN Bishop Rubin Phillip has backed Amnesty International’s claims that South Africa has failed to investigate the human rights abuses at the Kennedy Road informal settlement in Durban.

Phillip has worked closely with the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement, who fight for the rights of shack dwellers.

In a statement, Amnesty International criticised the government’s failure to investigate murders, violence and other atrocities the community has faced in the past year.

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Shack dwellers’ victory
15 Oct 2009
Sharlene Packree

RESIDENTS of the Kennedy Road settlement in Durban were jubilant
yesterday at the ruling of the Constitutional Court that a law that
would have allowed mass evictions in KwaZulu-Natal is unconstitutional.

Members of the Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA, which fights for the
rights of shack dwellers, were present at the Constitutional Court when

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Arsonists target anti-drug activists
Crime campaigner injured in petrol bombing

January 21, 2008 Edition 3

Sharlene Packree

Desmond D'Sa's burn scars will forever remind him of the forces opposed to Wentworth's anti-drug and crime campaign.

On Friday, D'Sa's Austerville flat was targeted by petrol bomb-wielding arsonists.

In a desperate bid to put out the flames that threatened the lives of his wife and two daughters, D'Sa suffered burns to his hands and face.

Yesterday, the smell of petrol still lingered in the air as D'Sa inspected his home.

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Poor disrupt conference

June 27, 2007 Edition 1

Sharlene Packree

AN academic conference to address world poverty was marred yesterday when a group of angry protesters demonstrated over their exclusion from the meeting.

Disgruntled fishermen, street traders and shack dwellers stormed Durban's Elangeni Hotel and converged outside the hotel's main conference room, demanding that they be included in the programme.

Their screams and ululating were heard by the hundreds of delegates inside the hall who were attending the Poverty Challenge 2007 conference.