Abahlali baseMjondolo – Emergency Press Release
19:22 Friday 20 November 2009

Demolitions Continue in Kennedy Road

The same mob that attacked Abahlali baseMjondolo and the Kennedy Road Development Committee on 26th September; that trashed the Abahlali office and systematically destroyed the homes of Abahlali leaders while police and politicians looked on on 27 September; and that followed the violent purge of Abahlali from the settlement by installing an ANC committee is, right now, demolishing Mondli Mbiko’s home in the Kennedy Road settlement. A short while ago they demolished Mzwake Mdlalose’s home.

Mondile and Mzwake are both members of the KRDC, an elected structure, and long standing residents of the settlement. They were both members of the Kennedy Six. They fled the settlement under threat of death on the 26th but their homes survived the initial demolition. Numerous people have phoned the police to report the demolitions but, thus far, the police have made no attempt to intervene.

Mzwake Mdlalose 072 132 8458
Mondli Mbiko 073 1936 319