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Symbol of hope silenced

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Symbol of hope silenced
Abahlali community is not perfect. Nor does it pretend to be, writes Sarah Cooper-Knock.

November 13, 2009 Edition 1

In the wake of the violent attacks on Kennedy Road in September, Abahlali baseMjondolo has once more been carried into the media spotlight by a whirlwind of vitriolic criticism and impassioned defence.

The ferocity of this exchange exposes not only the base injustice of those attacks, but also a broader battle for the soul of South Africa. This battle is waged over conceptual and material issues: the political space for opposition; the role of citizens in a democracy and service delivery to the country's poorest citizens.

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The deficiency of reality in the Joe Slovo judgment

Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Mon, 2009-06-15 15:16. court | joe slovo | Kate Tissington | slovo

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The deficiency of reality in the Joe Slovo judgment

Kate Tissington
15 June 2009

The highest Court in South Africa has decided the fate of the 20 000 Joe Slovo informal settlement residents to be evicted to Delft to make way for the N2 Gateway housing project, in what is a disappointing and frustrating judgment that orders their eviction, albeit on the proviso that engagement occurs and that certain mitigating measures are undertaken.

Constitutionally Speaking: A (partial) victory for Joe Slovo residents

Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Thu, 2009-06-11 07:41. Constitutional Court | Constitutionally Speaking | joe slovo | Pierre De Vos | slovo

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A (partial) victory for Joe Slovo residents
Posted on June 10th, 2009 by Pierre De Vos

The Constitutional Court today granted an order for the eviction of Joe Slovo residents to far off Delft to facilitate the building of houses as part of the N2 Gateway Project. The fact that the court ordered the removal of people from their homes where they have lived for the past 15 years, will rightly be harshly criticised. It has failed to display the kind of “grace and compassion” one would expect of the self-styled champion of the vulnerable and dispossessed.

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Sowetan: Court puts an end to life in Joe Slovo

Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Thu, 2009-06-11 07:20. Anna Majavu | Constitutional Court | joe slovo | slovo | Sowetan

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http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1015832

Court puts an end to life in Joe Slovo
11 June 2009
Anna Majavu - majavua@sowetan.co.za

Residents to get new area

One of Cape Town’s largest informal settlements – Joe Slovo, Langa – is set to be entirely demolished after the Constitutional Court ruled yesterday that its 20000 residents be moved out.

Cape Times: Court seals fate of Joe Slovo residents

Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Wed, 2009-06-10 11:09. court | eviction | joe slovo | SAPA | slovo

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http://www.capetimes.co.za/?fSectionId=3531&fArticleId=nw20090610104514469C157459

Court seals fate of Joe Slovo residents
10 June 2009, 10:46

The Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that 20 000 residents in the Joe Slovo informal settlement on the Cape Flats must be evicted.

However, five judges said in an unanimous judgment that those evicted must be given alternative housing.

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The Times: Gateway housing project in a shambles

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Gateway housing project in a shambles

Bobby Jordan Published:Nov 23, 2008

Only five families out of an estimated 20000 shack dwellers from one of South Africa’s poorest settlements have been accommodated at the state’s flagship housing development built on their doorstep.

Meant to showcase the country’s progressive housing policy promoting racially integrated cities, phase one of the N2 Gateway project next to the Joe Slovo shack settlement in Cape Town is instead a monument to a losing battle against the national housing backlog.

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