Category Archives: Nelson Mandela

Witness: Shack folk: What about us?

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11 December 2013

Witness Reporter

WHILE millions of people marked the life of former president Nelson Mandela yesterday, Abahlali baseMjondolo shack dwellers’ movement held protests against the lack of “housing Mandela promised to all”.

Shack dwellers started their protest on Monday in the Cato Crest and Cato Manor, which was a Special Integrated Presidential node identified during Mandela’s tenure as president.

The movement’s leader Sbu Zikode said they met at the weekend to discuss how they can honour the fallen icon. Mandela gave legal support to the Sofasonke movement, a shack dwellers’ movement, he said.

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Demonstration in Cato Crest zu Ehren des Vaters der Nation, uTata uNelson Mandela

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Heute demonstrieren wir in Cato Crest zu Ehren des Vaters der Nation, uTata uNelson Mandela

“Wenn der ANC euch das antut, was euch die Apartheid-Regierung angetan hat, dann müsst ihr mit dem ANC das tun, was ihr mit der Apartheid-Regierung getan habt”

– Nelson Mandela, COSATU-Konferenz 1993

Heute wird Abahlali zu Ehren von Tata Nelson Mandela in Cato Crest protestieren.

Am Samstag hatte Abahlali baseMjondolo ein Treffen, um die Bedeutung von Nelson Mandela für unser Land und unseren Kampf zu diskutieren, und um zu besprechen, wie wir ihn ehren können.

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Today We Protest in Cato Crest in Honour of Nelson Mandela

Monday, 09 December 2013

Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

 

Protest Today in Cato Crest in Honour of the Father of the Nation uTata uNelson Mandela

 

“If the ANC does to you what the Apartheid government did to you, then you must do to the ANC what you did to the Apartheid government.”

–           Nelson Mandela, Cosatu Conference, 1993

 

Today Abahlali will hold a protest in Cato Crest in honour of the late Tata Nelson Mandela.

On Saturday Abahlali baseMjondolo had a meeting to discuss the meaning of Nelson Mandela for our country and our struggle and to discuss how we can honour him.

In Johannesburg Nelson Mandela gave legal support to the Sofasonke movement, a shack dwellers' movement. He supported them to defend their land occupations. In Durban the movement that he helped to radicalise supported the struggle against evictions in Umkhumbane, which is also known as Cato Manor. Cato Crest is part of Cato Manor. Today we are evicted in Cato Crest. Today we are beaten, arrested, shot and murdered in Cato Crest. Today we do not count to the law in Cato Crest.

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Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom has come to an End

Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom has come to an End

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Our hero, the light of the nation, the father off all who feared nothing when it came to his children has now left us in pain. Our tears flow. Nelson Mandela’s long walk to freedom has now come to an end.

Our long struggle for freedom is still beginning. We will be guided by the spirit of Nelson Mandela as we confront Zuma, who does nothing for the people and only takes what he can for himself and his family. We will be guided by the spirit of Nelsom Mandela as we confront Piega and all those who want to use the police to crush our struggles and make sure that the Constitution does not work for poor people. We are highly aware that more of us will be killed by the police, and the assassins, in the years to come. The killing of the youth in struggle that started in 1976 is not yet finished.

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