Update: The nine comrades were released on bail of R500 each. They will appear in court again on 7 June 2014.
Sunday, 19 May 2013
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement
Eleven Abahlali Members Arrested in KwaNdengezi; Nqola Assaults Activist
The Abahlali baseMjondolo KwaNdengezi branch have vowed to challenge the authoritarian rule of the KwaNdengezi councillor Mduduzi Christian Ngcobo who is known as Ngola.
Nqola continues to plan housing development in the area and to construct, employ and allocate housing on his own without involving the community in any decision making. He continues to intimidate and assault activists in the community. He continues to give houses to the people that are not from the community. In all of these actions he claim that he has the full support of the eThekwini municipality.