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AEC in Athlone Magistrates court on May 13 and at Constitutional Court on May 14

12 05 2009

Upcoming Anti-Eviction Campaign and Poor Peoples Alliance events:

May 14 in Joburg – The AEC and other Poor Peoples Alliance members will be attending Abahlali baseMjondolo’s Constitutional Court challenge of the KZN Slums Act. See this previous press release. For more information, contact:

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

Morning of May 13 in Athlone – The Gugulethu AEC will turn out in numbers to support activists Mncedisi Twalo and Mbulelo Zuba for their final appearance in Athlone Magistrate’s Court. We expect the case to be thrown out for lack of evidence as it is a trumped up charge. If the case is actually heard, residents will be presenting damning accounts of police brutality and of ANC leaders such as Mcebisi Skwatsha’s harasment of residents. For more information, contact:

Pule at 073 6448 919 or 078 580 8646
Ashraf Cassim at 076 186 1408

Also in the news:

A damning audit report of the N2 Gateway housing project was released showing widespread corruption, mismanagement and criticising the government attempts to evict the poor.

New Zealand’s 60 minutes profiles anti-Apartheid activist John Minto’s trip to South Africa including his visits to the AEC communities of Gugulethu, Old Crossroads and Symphony Way. He also met with ‘high profile’ people such as Desmond Tutu and the former Springbok captain.

To watch the video, click here.
To see the photo essay, click here.

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Tags: 60 Minutes, IEC, John Minto, Mbulelo Zuba, Mncedisi Twalo, N2 Gateway, Slums Act
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Tomorrow: Gugs AEC activists in court and Eastridge AEC resisting eviction

5 05 2009

Anti-Eviction Campaign Press Release: Tuesday 5 May, 2009

Event: Mncedisi Twalo and Mbulelo Zuba in court

Time and Date: 09h00 on 5 May 2009

Location: Athlone Magistrates Court

Mncedisi Twalo and Mbulelo Zuba will be in Athlone Magistrate’s Court this morning to defend themselves against the ANC’s charge that they were obstructing IEC registration.

We expect that the case will be thrown out of court for lack of evidence. If not, the AEC has hundreds of residents willing to testify in support of the defendants.

Residents of Gugulethu and other AEC members will be at the court in numbers supporting Mncedisi and Mbulelo.

See http://antieviction.org.za/2009/03/08/gugs-aec-activists-to-appear-in-athlone-magistrates-court-on-tuesday/ for more information about the details of the case.

Contact Pule at 073 6448 919 and Speelman at 073 9825 725 for more information

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Event: Full eviction of family in Eastridge Village in Mitchell’s Plain

Date: 5 May 2009

Location: Eastridge Village in Town Centre, Mitchell’s Plain

The Eastridge family that was evicted from their home two weeks ago has been living in their yard since then. As far as the residents know, the family will be evicted sometime today by police and the sheriff of the court. Tomorrow, the 6^th of May, a new family who has reportedly bought the house for only R50,000, is supposed to move in. This is how government and capitalists use housing to divide the poor and have them fight for little scraps just to survive.

The community will be out in numbers protesting the eviction and will attempt to convince the police to support the poor instead of supporting Cape Town Community Housing Company.

For more information, contact Johannes at 071 416 0250

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Media: Birth ordeal outside clinic

5 04 2009

In the latest indictment on the cape’s health-care centres, a teen was forced to deliver herbaby on the pavement after being turned away at a facility’s gates

March 23, 2009 Edition 1 (click here for edition 2)
SIPOKAZI MAPOSA, JADE WITTEN AND BRONWYNNE JOOSTE

Source: Cape Argus

A TEENAGER from Crossroads gave birth on the pavement outside the gates of the Guguletu Maternal Obstetrics Unit just hours after nurses discharged her, telling her she was not yet in labour.

Even when baby Yonela fell on to the pavement, security guards allegedly failed to help and the night shift nurses inside responded that the birth was not their problem since it was happening outside hospital premises.

The is the latest shocking revelation to rock the province’s state health-care services, after the Cape Argus revealed last week that a one-year-old baby had died on his grandmother’s back after she was turned away from three different health-care facilities.

Now the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign is threatening legal action on behalf of little Unabantu Mali.

Mncedisi Twalo, the organisation’s provincial co-ordinator, said they would lay a charge of negligence against the city, which has authority over the Nyanga Clinic, and the provincial government, which has authority over the Guguletu Community Health Centre and the Guguletu MOU, the three health-care facilities involved. Read the rest of this entry »