[WSMDiscuss] South Africa in movement…, Democracy in movement… : Fwd: [Abahlali] Breaking News: The eThekwini Municipality has been interdicted from evicting Abahlali baseMjondolo

[JS CACIM]

Thursday, July 27, 2017

South Africa in movement…, Democracy in movement…    

[Even as women and men in the Narmada Valley in India begin their mass indefinite fast in protest against the mass destruction of their lives, homes, and cultures, some good news from another part of the world, South Africa :

Press Release

Breaking News :

The eThekwini Municipality has been interdicted from evicting Abahlali baseMjondolo

Abahlali baseMjondolo

            In salute of your struggles, and in solidarity –

            JS

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> From: Abahlali Press <abmpress at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Abahlali] Breaking News: The eThekwini Municipality has been interdicted from evicting Abahlali baseMjondolo
> Date: July 27, 2017 at 8:59:32 AM EDT
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> Reply-To: Abahlali Press <abmpress at gmail.com>

Thursday, 27 July 2017
Abahlali press statement

Breaking News: The eThekwini Municipality has been interdicted from evicting Abahlali baseMjondolo

The Durban High Court has this morning granted Abahlali an interim interdict following ongoing vicious and illegal evictions by the eThekwini municipality.

The City is interdicted and restrained from demolishing, burning, removing or otherwise destroying and disposing of Abahlali housing structures or threatening to do so. Those whose homes have been destroyed have been given the right to rebuild them.

The Anti Land Invasion Unit, which is the City’s armed security force, has been terrorising at least seven communities at a gun point and in brazen violation of the law. At least 241 families were unlawfully and often violently made homeless between February and July this year. Evictions have been continuing even after Abahlali have been rebuilding. What has been most shocking with these evictions is that the municipality has been burning people’s property into ashes. This conduct is not just unlawful but criminal.

We wish to thank our legal team from the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) for acting for Abahlali with such humility. We thank Abahlali members who have continuously and consistently stood firm for their right to the city, their right to the land and their right to dignity.
 
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S’bu Zikode 083 547 0474

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