PEARLIE JOUBERT – Nov 21 2008 05:00 Source: Mail & GuardianFor more, see AEC Press Release entitled “Letters from David to Goliath“
David is squaring up to Goliath in the form of a small, petite butcher staring down developers of a R350-million mall in Gugulethu.
Construction work on this massive luxury shopping mall, called Gugulethu Square, in Gugs township is under threat because owners of a 25-year-old family business are refusing to make way for the mall.
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Urgent Update:
Friday 21 November at 13h03
Gympie Street Case Dismissed! Residents relieved!
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JUDGEMENT DAY ~ NO LAND, NO HOUSE, NO VOTE!
Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign Press Release
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When: Friday 21st of November 2008
Where: Magistrate Court, Cape Town (between Buitenkant str & Parade Str)
Time: 08h30
Case: Gympie Street vs Pastor Dennis Robertson
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On Friday the 21st of November the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court will give its verdict on the case against the Gympie Street residents. This latest legal battle represents yet another attempt by slumlord Pastor Dennis Robertson to evict the people of Gympie Street. He seems simply unwilling to accept that the people of Gympie Street have a right to adequate housing and dignity. Indeed, he has even been working with the City Council and the police to drive the people from the road. This has seen him collaborating with the City Council to cut off people’s water and electricity, and working with the police to routinely harass and arrest people. It is clear that the threatened mass eviction of families who have been staying in the area for decades, is part of the gentrification process (linked to the World Cup) to clear the City Centre of the poor so that the landlords and the elite can profit and move into the area. As such, this latest legal action is about trying to DUMP the people of Gympie Street on the outskirts of the City. Nonetheless, like the three previous cases, the ruling of the latest case will once again be in favour of the people of Gympie Street.
We want to make it clear to Pastor Robertson that he should not try and criminalise us, he should rather come and talk To us!
THIS IS AN OPEN INVITATION IN SOLIDARITY TO ALL JOURNALISTS, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATIONS AND TRADE UNIONS FOR SUPPORT
For more information Contact:
Willy @ 0731443619 Ashraf @ 076 186 1408 Gary @ 072 392 5859 Advocate Zehir Omar @ 0824925207NATIONAL attention remains fixed on the unlovely aftermath of Polokwane and the new political party, Congress of the People (Cope). Read the rest of this entry »
The community of the rural community of Piketberg will embark on a strike protesting against the eviction of families that live on farms.
This is after the ninth eviction so far, where Michael Morobi, his sick wife as well as their two small children.
The Right to Agrarian Reform for Food Sovereignty Campaign spokesperson Andre Titus said this protest is inspired by the De Doorns protests and that those people who live in farms their whole lives revolve around the farms.
Titus said that this was not fair and they do not and it is not right.
“Since 1994 we believed that people must not be treated like animals”
Titus says they want to show Michael that they support him
during the protest and release a memorandum to the local government, justice department, department of land affairs and the municipality.
“It is unacceptable that evictions still happen in the area”
Contact Andries Titus for more information on 076-511-6614
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