21 August 2015

PRESS STATEMENT: THE UNITED FRONT SALUTES ABAHLALI BASEMIJONDOLO FOR ITS COURT VICTORY OVERTURNING ILLEGAL EVICTIONS IN SISONKE VILLAGE AND CATO CREST

The United Front welcomes and celebrates with Abahlali baseMijondolo (AbM) the judgment delivered against the MEC for Human Settlements and the eThekwini Municipality in the Durban High Court today. The judgment sets aside and interim interdict sought by the MEC and Municipality which would have allowed it to continue evicting landless people from shacks on open lands. Until now the MEC has been using the interim interdict to evict hundreds of families using brutal police methods. Thanks to the dedicated struggle of AbM, together with the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) and the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), this victory has been won. Continue reading →