NIREN TOLSI – Jul 29 2011 13:58 – Mail and Guardian
Outside the Durban magistrate’s court last week members of the “Kennedy Road 12″ 12 members of Abahlali baseMjondolo, a shackdwellers movement based in Durban — stood blinking in the sunlight, almost unable to believe their fate.
“I’m just too happy. I can’t believe I am outside again,” said 24-year-old Sibulelo Mambi, one of them.
An hour earlier, a nightmare that had begun almost two years ago for the 12 finally ended when magistrate Sharon Marks acquitted them of charges ranging from murder to public violence. Read the rest of this entry »
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