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Call for release of ‘Kennedy Road 13’
20 November 2009
Mary Papayya

Anglican bishop and KwaZulu-Natal Christian Council chairperson Ruben Phillip has called for the immediate release of the “Kennedy Road 13”.

The 13, who were arrested after the September attacks on the Kennedy Road informal settlement in Durban, are members of the homeless movement Abahlali baseMjondolo.

On Wednesday they made their 6th appearance in the Durban magistrate’s court for a bail hearing.

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Church enters Kennedy Road fray
06 October 2008

AS PROVINCIAL government authorities stepped in to find a lasting solution to the violence that has engulfed the Kennedy Road informal settlement in Durban, church leaders yesterday called on the national government to urgently establish a commission of enquiry.

Two people died, while many others were injured during the unrest. Thousands have since fled the area after a mob, armed with an assortment of weapons, went on the rampage assaulting people and destroying homes.

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‘The poor need proper homes’

01 September 2008
Mary Papayya

MILITANT: Sbu Zikode giving the Diakonia Council of Churches lecture in Durban.
Shack dwellers call for land to be expropriated to provide housing

The shack dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo, has called on local authorities to expropriate land from so-called rich landowners such as Tongaat-Hulett to house the poor.

Speaking at a Diakonia Council of Churches lecture in Durban on Friday, the organisation’s chairman, Sbu Zikode, said they were concerned about the plight of shack dwellers, particularly their safety.