Winnie the Pooh references jostled with rigorous examination of the constitutionality of KwaZulu-Natal’s Prevention and Elimination of Slums Act at the Constitutional Court on Thursday.
If it survives the challenge by shack-dwellers’ organisation Abahlali baseMjondolo, the Act could serve as a model for similar measures in other provinces. Read the rest of this entry »
14 May 2009
Source: Sowetan
Song rang out at the Constitutional Court today, in demand of an end to KwaZulu-Natal’s Slums Act.
The crowd was chanting “phansi nge slums act no Sbu Ndebele” meaning down with the Slums Act and (former) KwaZulu-Natal premier Sbu Ndebele.
“We want houses, there are people from Cape Town and KwaZulu-Natal and more people are still coming by bus,” said a protester who identified herself as Nolunde. Read the rest of this entry »
JOHANNESBURG – About 1 000 members from various non-governmental organisations travelled from across the country to the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg to protest against the KwaZulu-Natal Slums Act.
General secretary of the Rural Network in KZN, Mbhekiseni Mavuso, said his organisation was pledging its support to Abahlali baseMjondolo (ABM), which has applied to have the Act declared unlawful under the Constitution. Read the rest of this entry »
The South African government is being taken to court over plans to abolish shanty towns in the city of Durban.
Community organisations representing Durban shack dwellers say the bill is unconstitutional because it seeks to re-locate residents against their will. Read the rest of this entry »
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:
Date posted: 13 May 2009
Source: SACSIS
On 14 May 2009 the Constitutional Court will hear the attempt by the shack dweller’s movement Abahlali baseMjondolo to have the KwaZulu-Natal Slums Act declared unlawful. Other provinces have been mandated to develop similar legislation and the decision of the court may have a significant impact on the future of our cities. Read the rest of this entry »
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA May 13 2009 14:24
Source: Mail & Guardian
Abahlali baseMjondolo, the organisation that represents shack dwellers, will on Thursday challenge KwaZulu-Natal’s Elimination and Prevention of the Re-emergence of Slums Act in the Constitutional Court.
“The Act was imposed by the KwaZulu-Natal department of housing. This Act was imposed against the will of the poor who the government is meant to serve. It is a clear attack on the poor,” said Abahlali baseMjondolo spokesperson Mnikelo Ndabankulu. Read the rest of this entry »
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA v Premier KZN and Others
Case CCT 12/09 Date of hearing: 14 May 2009MEDIA SUMMARY
The following explanatory note is provided to assist the media in reporting this case and is not binding on the Constitutional Court or any member of the Court. Read the rest of this entry »
A statement from Church leadership in support of Abahlali baseMjondolo’s challenging the KZN Slums Act in the Constitutional Court on 14 May 2009.
As church leaders in South Africa we support the shackdweller movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo, as it takes the struggle for the safety, dignity and equality of the poor to the Constitutional Court. We know that many people join Abahlali “because they do not want to be evicted from the cities where they already have some access to work, education, health care, libraries, sport facilities and so on. The struggle for the right to the city, for democratic cities for all, is therefore at the centre of [Abahlali's] struggle.”1 Read the rest of this entry »
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