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Jadhu Place Road Blockade 13 June 2013
Isolezwe: Bavale imigwaqo befuna izindlu ngodli
http://www.iol.co.za/isolezwe/bavale-imigwaqo-befuna-izindlu-ngodli-1.1532351#.UcCDWOcyZvI
Bavale imigwaqo befuna izindlu ngodli
Sandile Gumede
BADINWE bavala umgwaqo u-Alpine Road ngamathayi avuthayo nangezigodo izolo abantu abahlala emijondolo eJadhu Place, e-Overport, eThekwini, bekhala ngokugqoza kokuhlinzekwa ngezindlu kodwa kube kwakhiwa amathoyilethi kuphela.
Bathi abasalethembi ikhansela ngoba alibenzeli lutho, selokhu lakhethwa ngo-2011 alikaze libize ngisho umhlangano womphakathi ukuzobachazela ngezinhlelo zentuthuko.
Elinye ilungu lomphakathi, uMnuz Nabantu Zulu, lithe selokhu lafika kule ndawo ngo-1991 intuthuko liyizwa ngendaba, kunalokho bakhelwa amathoyilethe ekubeni bengenazo izindlu behlala emijondolo evuzayo.
“Siqome ngisho ukungayi emsebenzini ngoba sifuna izindlu nogesi,” kusho Zulu.
Uthe okunye abakufunayo wukuthi umgwaqo u-Alpine, ufakwe amarobhothi kanye nezinciphisajubane ukugwema izingozi ngoba izimoto zihamba ngesivinini esiphezulu.
“Nakuwo lo mgwaqo kudingeka kwandiswe amarobhothi, kufakwe izinciphisajubane, ukugwema izingozi. NgoLwesihlanu kuwo lo mgwaqo kukhona umuntu owashayiswa yimoto eyayigijima ngesivinini esiphezulu, ingalo yanqamuka,”kusho uZulu.
UNksz Landeleni Dlamini (41), ohlala emjondolo onekamelo elilodwa, uthe okudale waba wahlanganyela embhikishweni wukuthi uyayidinga indlu njengoba ethi bampintshene okosayidinsi ethinini.
“Mina ngihlala emjondolo nomasihlalisane wami kanye nezingane ezimbili. Angihleli kahle ngoba lo mjondolo mncane kwawona njengoba umntwana wami ona-10 uyaphoqeleka ukuthi alale phansi. Asibi naso nesikhathi sokuxoxa ngezinkinga zethu njengabantu abadala phambi kwezingane,”kusho uNksz Dlamini.
Ekuhambeni kosuku, iMeya yeTheku, uMnuz James Nxumalo, igcine ifikile ukuzolalela izikhalo zabantu, yabe isicela ukuba umphakathi ukhethe ikomidi elizowumela uma sebehlangana ngoLwesibili oluzayo.
“Sigcine sifikile nemeya ukuzozwa izikhalo zabantu, kwavunyelwana ukuthi abantu behlise imimoya bese bekhetha ithimba labantu abayishumi elizohlangana nemeya, ukuze bathole ithuba lokwethula izikhalo zabo ngoLwesibili. Sizohlangana nabo kanye nayo yonke iminyango ethintekayo ngaphansi kukamasipala weTheku,” kusho ikhansela Bhekisani Ngcobo wakuwadi 25.
Ebantwini abebebhikisha kugcine kuboshwe abane ngokudala uthuthuva emphakathini. Okhulumela amaphoyisa KwaZulu-Natal, uCaptain Thulani Zwane, uthe kulindeleke ukuba bavele eNkantolo yeMantshi eThekwini namuhla.
The Times: Service delivery protest flares up in Durban
There have been six arrests.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2013/06/13/service-delivery-protest-flares-up-in-durban
Service delivery protest flares up in Durban
About 200 people were protesting on Alpine Road in Durban on Thursday morning, eThekwini metro police said.
The protesters were burning rubbish and tyres, spokesman Eugene Msomi said.
It was believed the protest was about service delivery.
Nabantu Zulu, a resident of the Jadhu Place squatter camp which borders Alpine Road, said residents had been protesting since 3.30am.
Zulu said he had been a resident at the squatter camp since 1991.
Residents were demanding to speak to eThekwini mayor James Nxumalo and would not stop blocking Alpine Road until their demands had been addressed.
“We are living in tins. They [eThekwini metro] gave us these as temporary [accommodation], but how long must we wait?” asked Zulu.
He said residents were demanding land, housing, electricity, water, and speed humps in Alpine Road.
The Jadhu Place squatter camp is believed to have between 1000 and 2000 residents.
Alpine Road is a major road linking the suburb of Overport with the Springfield industrial area.
Protesters, carrying bottles and vuvuzelas, were singing, dancing, and chanting on a hill overlooking Alpine Road.
About three kilometres of Alpine Road was closed.
“We demand housing, electricity, and land,” stated a placard.
The protesters claim they were promised housing in 2007 by a former eThekwini mayor and they had been forgotten.
One of the protesters, a woman, was lying in the street waiting for paramedics after she collapsed during the protest.
The SA Police Service and the metro police were monitoring the protest.
Police had to use teargas at various stages to disperse the group.
Alpine Road was littered with debris, bricks, tyres, and a tree.
Residents of Overport were looking nervously at the protesters from their houses.
Employees of Durban Solid Waste were waiting to clear the road.
SACSIS: Cities Need to Plan with the Poor, Not for the Poor
http://www.sacsis.org.za/site/article/1564
Cities Need to Plan with the Poor, Not for the Poor
by Felicity Kitchin
“People who live in the shacks have other people planning for their lives; whatever they get is not planned with them; there are people planning for them.” – Resident of Siyanda, eThekwini
Recent riots in Zamdela in the Free State have brought the issue of community participation in development decision-making into sharp focus. Zamdela revealed a complete lack of regard for an affected community’s input into a key decision that would have far reaching implications for their lives. It is an example of how tragically wrong things can go when communities are not consulted by the state. Four people lost their lives in the ensuing protests and clashes with the police. Continue reading