18 May 2011 – War on Want
With South Africa’s local government elections underway today, 18 May 2011, shack dwellers across the country are expected not to pass their ballot. 17 years since the end of apartheid many say they are still not feeling the benefits of democracy. Read the rest of this entry »
Charities have condemned plans to hide thousands of South African beggars, tramps and street children while the World Cup is on.
Source: Metro.co.uk
About 300 have already been moved from Cape Town, where England face Algeria on June 18.
They have been taken to nearby Blikkiesdorp camp on Cape Flats, where 1,450 families are packed into an area designed for 450 people. Read the rest of this entry »
As South Africa prepares for its national elections on Wednesday 22 April, many grassroots organisations in South Africa plan to boycott it in protest, reports UK development agency War on Want.
During elections in 2004, the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) initiated the ‘No Land! No Vote!’ campaign to express a vote of no confidence in the range of political parties on offer in the elections.
The group Abahlali baseMjondolo (ABM, literally ‘people living in shacks’) joined the boycott during the 2006 local elections and changed the campaign slogan to ‘No Land! No House! No Vote!’. Read the rest of this entry »
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