Category Archives: Mphathi Nxumalo

Shack dwellers vow to fight government’s war on protest

Durban – Despite Community Safety and Liaison MEC Mxolisi Kaunda’s declaration of war against illegal protests, shack dwellers’ movement Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) plans to defy it, saying it was a war against the poor.

Kaunda promised to end these protests within three months.

At a media briefing held at the Department of Public Works’ offices in Mayville, Kaunda said in the past financial year there had been more than 530 public protests in the province, and 270 illegal ones in the past four months. Continue reading →

Daily News: Dwellers vow to fight for homes

DAILY NEWS / 4 OCTOBER 2017, 2:00PM / MPHATHI NXUMALO

Durban – Cato Manor shack dwellers are refusing to leave the area, saying they would rather let the government dig their graves where they are staying. They have vowed to fight until the bitter end.

This was because of the demolition of their shacks over the past four days, resulting in violent clashes that have left people injured. Continue reading →

Daily News: Mother carries dead baby to police station

Daily News

Mother carries dead baby to police station

29 May 2017, 11:18am

MPHATHI NXUMALO

DURBAN – A grieving mother, accompanied by dozens of neighbours walked the body of her dead two-week-old child into the Sydenham police station on Monday.

Residents of the Foreman Road informal settlement in Clare Estate claim that baby Jayden Khoza died during a police raid on the settlement on Monday.

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Daily News: ‘No rubbish collection since election’

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/no-rubbish-collection-since-election-1.1724504

By Mphathi Nxumalo

Durban – Nothando Ngema fears for the health of her unborn child.

The 20-year-old, who is five months pregnant, lives next to piles of uncollected refuse and is greeted by its powerful stench in the morning. When she goes to sleep at night it’s the last thing she smells.

Ngema is one of many residents in Durban’s Cato Crest informal settlement who believe their children are at risk from the rubbish festering outside their homes.

This week the residents threatened to barricade the N3 with burning tyres unless the municipality cleared the rubbish.

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