Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign

Abahlali baseMjondolo will be taking the struggle against the internationally notorious KwaZulu-Natal Slums Act to the Constitutional Court 14 May 2009. We will be travelling overnight from Durban and Cape Town (with our comrades from the Anti-Eviction Campaign) to arrive at the court tomorrow morning. Our comrades from the Landless People’s Movement in Johannesburg will join us at the court.

Below you can find a lot of information about this Act.

Further queries can be forwarded to:

Mnikelo Ndabankulu ABM-KZN 079 745 0653
Mbhekiseni Mavuso Rural Network KZN 072 279 2634
Mzonke Poni ABM Cape Town 073 256 2036
Ashraf Cassim AEC Cape Town 076 186 1408
Maureen Mnisi LPM-Gauteng 082 337 4514

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Recent Articles and press releases on AbM’s challenge to the Slums Act:

1. Abahlali baseMjondolo and the Poor People’s Alliance Will Challenge the KZN Slums Act in the Constitutional Court on 14 May 2009 – A press release by Abahlali baseMjondolo (14 May 2009)
2. Church Leaders: Oppose the Slums Act by KZN Christian Council
3. Video: Abahlali challenges the slums act by War on Want
4. Slums Act: Official Media Statement from the Constitutional Court by the Concourt
5. Opinion: The KwaZulu-Natal Slums Act, Bloody Legislation Against the Expropriated by SACSIS
6. M&G: Shack dwellers to challenge slums Act in court by SAPA Read the rest of this entry »