Kamini Padayachee

Mercury: Hawks swoop on top officer

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commander allegedly hid dockets
Hawks swoop on top officer

March 11, 2010 Edition 1

NOMPUMELELO MAGWAZA & KAMINI PADAYACHEE

AN EMBATTLED Durban police station commander was arrested by the Hawks yesterday for allegedly being in possession of case dockets - including one in which he is facing a charge of assault.

Sydenham Senior Superintendent Glen Nayager's arrest came after he secured victories in the labour and equality courts, and in an internal disciplinary hearing in recent weeks.

Churches to probe shack deaths

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In this article 'residents' should be read to mean 'local ANC members'.

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Churches to probe shack deaths

November 30, 2009 Edition 2

Kamini Padayachee

THE Diakonia Council of Churches is to launch an independent inquiry into the events leading to the deaths of two men in an attack on the Kennedy Road informal settlement, in Sydenham, Durban, in October.

This was announced by Anglican Bishop Rubin Phillip at a prayer service before 13 men accused of the crimes appeared in the Durban Magistrate's Court on Friday.

Mercury: Shack dwellers falsely arrested, says bishop

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Shack dwellers falsely arrested, says bishop

November 19, 2009 Edition 1

Kamini Padayachee

CLERGY from the Diakonia Council of Churches gathered outside the Durban Magistrate's Court yesterday to pray for 13 people charged with killing two men at the Kennedy Road informal settlement in Sydenham, Durban.

The council has come out in support of the 13 men, claiming that police had falsely arrested the members of shack dwellers' movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo. In a statement released on Tuesday, Anglican Bishop Rubin Phillip said the police had arrested victims of violence at the settlement, instead of the perpetrators.

The Star: Clergy pray for Kennedy Road murder accused

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Clergy pray for Kennedy Road murder accused

November 18 2009 at 06:57PM

By Kamini Padayachee

Clergy from the Diakonia Council of Churches gathered outside the Durban Magistrate's Court on Wednesday to pray for 13 people charged with killing two men at the Kennedy Road informal settlement in Sydenham, Durban.

The council has come out in support of the 13 men, claiming that police had falsely arrested the members of shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo.

Mercury: Councillor charged over Albert Park deaths

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Councillor charged over Albert Park deaths

18 August 2009, 23:13
By Kamini Padayachee

Vusi Khoza, ward councillor of Albert Park in Durban, will have to answer to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to an alleged xenophobic attack.

Khoza and his co-accused - Sean Thabo Jacobs, 24, Nkosinathi Dlamini, 24, Delisile Ngwane, 54, Linda Nala, 42, Zoleka Sigcau, 50, Patricia Ballantyne, 67, and Mzokuthoba Mnonyama, 39 - were charged with murder, attempted murder, assault and public violence relating to the incident.

Mercury: Low-cost housing upsets residents

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Clearly shack dwellers don't count as 'residents' in this article...If they did, and were spoken to, the journalist would soon have discovered all kinds of worries on that side of the fence too....Like the fact that the building of the government shacks is still not complete months after the fire (unlike in Kennedy where people, with City help in getting building materials for the first time, rebuilt themselves in a week; like the fact that the government shacks are being allocated with shocking political bias resulting in long standing residents being left homeless while outsiders with the right connections get the government shacks....

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