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March in Clare Estate, Monday 18 November 2013

17 November 2013
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

Abahlali baseMjondolo to March in Clare Estate on Monday 18 November 2013

We will be marching on Councillor Bhekisane Ngcobo on Monday 18 November 2013. The march will leave the Foreman Road shack settlement at 9:00 a.m. and will finish at Ngcobo’s office in Asherville at 13:00.

The message of the day is that: FOREMAN RD DEMANDS LAND, HOUSING & DIGNITY IN OUR LIFE TIME.

This is the first time that the ratepayers’ associations are supporting an Abahlali baseMjondolo march. We have had a number of meetings with the Clare Estate Ratepayer’s Association. The politicians are always using the ratepayers as an excuse to force the poor out of the city. They blame their programme of reruralisation on the ratepayers. However we and the ratepayers have agreed on a common programme. We have agreed that we want to build a Clare Estate for all, a Clare Estate where everyone has a decent house, decent services, good schools, where development is democratically decided and everyone feels at home and can enjoy living in the area in safety. The march is organised by Abahlali baseMjondolo and supported by ratepayers and civic organisations of ward 25; viz. Clare Estate; Asherville; Springtown & Puntans Hill. It is also supported by the local taxi association and other local businesses.

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Clare Estate March - Press Reports