Mail & Guardian: Stadium show must go on
Justin Arenstien and Gcina Ntsaluba Jun 25 2008 00:00Mpumalanga’s provincial government is threatening to reverse a R63-million land claim settlement unless the farmworker beneficiaries agree to surrender a prime portion of their ancestral land for just R1. Read the rest of this entry »
LONDON, England (CNN) — Shamita Naidoo [of AEC alliance partner Abahlali baseMjondolo] said she often wonders whether anyone really ever sees her. She also wonders the same thing about the hundreds of people living around her, in tiny tin shacks perched underneath gum trees on a nearby hill.
Sometimes, she said, it seems like they all are invisible.
The shantytown where Naidoo lives is on the outskirts of Durban, South Africa, in an area known as Motala Heights. The squatter community has been there for a number of years, but it’s increasingly being squeezed out by nearby factories and suburban neighborhoods. Read the rest of this entry »
Abahlali Youth League Secretariat
After months of work that AbM Youth League was launched and elections held for all positions on 16 June 2008. The following people were elected to the following positions:
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President Mazwi Nzimande
Vice President Lindo Motha
General Secretary Zodwa Nsibande
Vice Secretary Ayanda Vumisa
Treasurer Nontombi Xolose
Chairperson Bongo Dlamini
Coordinator Nelisiwe Mgenge /
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