For an archive of news articles on the rebellions click here.There is also a new piece in the New York Times here and a report in the Mercury on a study by the Centre for Sociological Research here.
Press Statements
Athlone AEC Sunday Protest, Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign, 8 June 2009
Symphony Way march to High Court tomorrow joined by Joe Slovo, Macassar, Gugulethu and Valhalla Park, Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign, 8 June 2009
Our Struggle for Liberation Remains…Poor Peoples’ Alliance to Re-enact June 1976 Soweto Uprising March, The Landless People’s Movement, 14 June 2009
14 Protesters Shot With Rubber Bullets: An urgent update on AbM Western Cape Protest, by Abahlali baseMjondolo of the Western Cape, 14 July 2009
15 Settlements to March in Support of the Macassar Village Land Occupation, by Abahlali baseMjondolo of the Western Cape, 14 July 2009
June 16th Commemoration to be Held at the Macassar Village Occupation, by Abahlali baseMjondolo of the Western Cape, 15 July 2009
Memorandum of Demands Presented to Dan Plato by AbM Western Cape, by Abahlali baseMjondolo of the Western Cape, 21 July 2009
A week of radical actions including a march on Parliament, Sikhula Sonke, 27 July 2009
Links to Information by and on Relevant Organisations
Abahlali baseMjondolo of the Western Cape
The Landless People’s Movement
The Macassar Village Land Occupation
Sikhula Sonke
South African Unemployed People’s Movement
Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign
Op-Ed Pieces
Burning message to the state in the fire of poor’s rebellion, by Richard Pithouse, Business Day, 23 July 2009
ANC Plays Fiddle as Our Country Burns, by Max Du Preez, Cape Argus, 23 July 2009
It’s not xenophobia, by Peter Alexander and Peter Pfaffe The Sowetan, 29 July 2009
People are demanding public service, not service delivery, by Steven Friedman, Business Day, 29 July 2009
A Cry for Deep Structural Change, by Imraan Buccus, The Mercury, 29 July 2009
Will Zuma administration open its ears to the streets?, by Jane Duncan, Business Day, 4 August 2009
What Communism?, by Blessing Karumbidza, The Witness, 4 August 2009
The Elite and Community Protests in South Africa, by Shawn Hattingh, Mostly Water, 5 August 2009
What the State’s Response to the Anger of Protesting Communities Is Not Telling Us, by Ibrahim Steyn, South African Civil Society Information Service, 6 August 2009
Revolt a symptom of historical pain, by Josette Cole, Cape Argus, 8 August 2009
Politics is about service, not plundering the state purse, by Imraan Buccus, The Mercury, 12 August 2009
Hard Choices Ahead, by Richard Pithouse South African Civil Society Information Service, 13 August 2009
Speeches & Other Responses
On the Arrest and Assault of Mzonke Poni, by Mark Butler, 2 June 2009
Fanonian Practices and the politics of space in postapartheid South Africa: The Challenge of the Shack Dwellers Movement, by Nigel Gibson, Frantz Fanon Colloque, Algiers, 7 July 2009
Meaningful Engagement, by S’bu Zikode, 27 July 2009
