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AbM-WC march on the Mayor’s office
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Informal settlement march to Mayor’s office underway
20 07 2009By Kim Saulse – Bush Radio
20 July 2009
The march to the Mayor’s office is underway. Frustrated residents from 15 informal settlements around the city are marching to the Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato’s office, where each community will submit their grievances and demands. Read the rest of this entry »
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Media: Khayelitsha residents list their demands
20 07 200920 July 2009, 15:00 – SAPA
About 100 residents of 15 informal settlements within Khayelitsha marched under the banner of Abahlali baseMjondolo to Cape Town mayor Dan Plato’s office on Monday to protest poor service delivery.
A memorandum from each community with its own list of demands was handed to a representative of Plato’s office.
The protesters said in a memorandum they were concerned with the people’s living conditions and the city’s lack of proper intervention.
“We therefore demand that the city look at conditions of each area and come up with relevant planning for each an every area.
“And to come up with city-wide housing planning for all people who are living in informal settlements and backyards.
“Furthermore, we would like the city of Cape Town and its anti-land invasion unit to adopt a different attitude… when it comes to the public land which is unused. Read the rest of this entry »
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Opinion – Protests a warning: Roll out delivery, and quickly
20 07 2009
July 19, 2009 Edition 1 – Cape Argus
Wonder Cyril Mlitwa
Wonder Cyril Mlitwa
The recent strikes by construction workers and other sectors, especially the health sector, where doctors went on strike, are proof we are facing a volatile situation that will need urgent attention from senior government officials.
There is also unrest in several communities where people protest against lack of service delivery. This proves people are running out of patience and they expect the pre-election promises to be fulfilled. Read the rest of this entry »
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AbM-WC Memorandum to the Mayor Dan Plato and City of Cape Town
20 07 2009
ABAHLALI BASEMJONDOLO OF THE WESTERN CAPE
Memorandum to the City of Cape Town
As people who are residing within the informal settlement we would like to bring the list of our demands to your attention for your immediate response.
We are concerned with the conditions at which our people are living under off and with the city’s lack of proper intervention.
We therefore demand that the city to look at conditions of each area and come up with relevant planning for each an every area.
And to come up with a city wide housing planning for all people who are living at informal settlement and backyards.
Further more we would like the city of cape town and its anti land invasion unit to adopt a different attitude than the one that they are carrying when it comes to the public land which is unused.
we demand response from your office within 14 days of receiving this memorandum and we want you to convey a meeting with all the relevant city officials and affected communities to further discuss these issue
ABM-WC contact details: abmwesterncape@abahlali.org and 073 2562 036 Read the rest of this entry »
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Xenophobia: Local businesses in Samora Machel have forcefully closed down 3 Somalian shops
20 07 2009
Urgent Anti-Eviction Press Release
Monday 20 July, 2009
Local businesses in Samora Machel, Kosovo and some other areas have been struggling for years. They are now angry and are unfortunately taking out that anger on the poor and also struggling Somalian traders who have set up shop in their communities.
While the Anti-Eviction Campaign was called in to mediate between local and foreign-owned businesses in Samora Machel as it has done successfully in Gugulethu, the local business owners and traders have refused mediation efforts and taken to the streets attempting to evict Somalian traders who they feel are operating to near to their own businesses. They have now forcefully evicted 3 businesses in Samora Machel
The Anti-Eviction Campaign wishes to make clear that it is 100% against the actions of the local businesspeople of Samora Machel and nearby areas in Philippi. The AEC denounces all forms of poor-on-poor violence as unacceptable. Read the rest of this entry »
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ABM-WC march on 20th July 2009
20 07 200915 Informal Settlement within Khayelitsha today will be joining Abahlali baseMjondolo for the Western Cape to the march that goes to the Mayor (Dan Plato) of the City of Cape Town. Each community will submit it’s own list of demands.
for community demands and contact people please visit www.khayelitshastruggles.com
details of the March:
date: Today 20th July 2009 time: 11:00place: Kaizergracht street
for comment please call Mzonke Poni 073 256 2036
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Into the inferno
19 07 2009
by Arundhati Roy
Source: The New Statesman
Source: The New Statesman
The Indian government has joined forces with corporate giants to create a police state, making people surrender land and livelihoods at gunpoint. What can we do, now that democracy and the free market are one?
While we’re still arguing about whether there’s life after death, can we add another question to the cart? Is there life after democracy? What sort of life will it be? By democracy I don’t mean democracy as an ideal or an aspiration. I mean the working model: western liberal democracy, and its variants, such as they are. Read the rest of this entry »
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Media: Protest is ‘the only way to be heard’
17 07 2009
July 16, 2009 Edition 1
FRANCIS HWESHE and ASHLEIGH BEDDOW – Cape Argus
Disgruntled with their living conditions, Khayelitsha residents say that resorting to violent protest is the only way they will force the government to deliver on basic services.
Yesterday, residents of QQ Section in Site B entered their second day of protest action, in which they clashed with the police and burned tyres and rubbish in Lansdowne Road.
On Tuesday, after widespread flooding across the city because of heavy rain, theirs was one of a number of service delivery protests reported, with others in Du Noon and Samora Machel.
The Khayelitsha residents are demanding – among other services – toilets, land for housing, water and an electricity supply from the government. Read the rest of this entry »
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