PERCY ZVOMUYA - Apr 21 2011 07:30 – Mail & Guardian
When Cape Town clergyman Xola Skosana made the declaration last year that “Jesus Christ was HIV positive”, some within South Africa’s Christian community bristled with rage. That such a mildly radical proposition was marked by controversy and uproar is a measure of the state of today’s church. After all, what Skosana said was not in breach of basic church doctrine.
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Shack dwellers who have spent over a year on a street pavement have vowed to obtain the support of other communities to back them in a court battle so that they can stay where they are, or move to organised housing.
This comes after the illegal residents were served with eviction notices earlier this month and were given 21 days to move from Symphony Way in Delft.
The group were, after occupying government houses in Delft illegally last year, evicted and moved to nearby Symphony Way.
Secretary of the Delft Anti Eviction Campaign Kareemah Linneveldt said they wanted the world to know they were facing eviction for a second time, and to remind authorities they were still living on the pavement and “desperately needed” houses. Read the rest of this entry »
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