Friday, October 27, 2017
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement
Two Year Old Child Electrocuted in Silver City, uMlazi
On Wednesday, at 3 p.m., a two year old child was electrified Silver City, uMlazi, in ward 88. A young life lost so early in a society in which the lives of the poor are not counted as human lives. Continue reading
Tuesday 05 September 2017
Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA Press Statement
Repression and State Criminality in uMlazi and Cato Manor
Yesterday two members of Abahlali were attacked by unknown people in our Silver City branch in uMlazi. The two men, who are serving in the local Abahlali structure were abducted by a group of men and forced into a car with no registration number. They were then taken to the house of the local ward councillor. They were beaten and tortured for two hours at the home of the ward councillor by the same men that had abducted them. After this they were taken to the police station by these men. Continue reading
16 July 2017
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement
Umlazi Ward 88 Councillor arrested for death threats and an unlicensed firearm
Ward 88 Councillor S’bu Maphumulo has been threatening the Abahlali leadership in our Silver City branch in Umlazi. When he was appointed the councillor was not known in the area and after he became a councillor he never visited the residents there. The first time that he was seen in the area was after our recent protests in support of the restoration of our human dignity. On Sunday, 9 July 2017, while Abahlali were holding their local community meeting, Cllr Maphumulo stormed the meeting with seven armed men, three hitmen and four police officers, in full police uniform, from GG Umlazi. He pointed to the local Abahlali chairperson, Lungelo Hlongwane, and said ‘’here is the man”. The armed men who had stormed the meeting then asked what the meeting was all about, was it about road blockades, or what. Lungelo said this was one of the regular community meetings that they hold about their lives and their future. Continue reading
27 July 2016
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement
Our lives count for nothing as we are left to die in the shacks
Rain is usually considered as a blessing. It is often considered as a gift from the Almighty and amaDlozi. During the drought we were all waiting for the rain to come. But the storms in Durban hit impoverished people, and especially shack dwellers, very hard. Peoples’ possessions and homes were damaged and destroyed. Lives were lost.
Our lives do not count as human lives to this society. It is sad and shameful that we are living the life that we are living. Continue reading
29 June 2014
Abahlali press statement
Abahlali launches a branch in Silver City (Umlazi)
Today Abahlali will be launching a branch in Silver City. This settlement is settlement is situated in Umlazi, South Durban.
Today we are pleased that this community will reclaim its membership and join the big family of Abahlali. It is known that the Silver City is one of the shack settlements that are excluded from all kinds of services for political reasons. We are aware that the community is not getting development because it is taken as the voting pool for the ruling party to keep this ward in the hands of the ruling Party.