In 2005 S'bu Zikode's widely translated and republished article 'We are the Third Force' said: "You must see how big the rats are that will run across the small babies in the night." One would have thought that the City would have responded by immediately scheduling an urgent meeting to discuss the rat problem with Kennedy Road residents. Instead Zikode was forced out of his job and arrested on trumped up charges and beaten up in the Sydenham Police station and widely slandered by politicians.
Phili Mjoli
Isolezwe: Evictions Terror Hits Sea Cow Lake Again
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Tue, 2007-11-06 18:00. evictions | Isolezwe | newspaper_story | Phili Mjoli | sea cow lake
Update:7 March 2008 Click here for an article in the Sowetan on a protest by people made homeless in this patently illegal eviction.
Update:13 November 2007 Click here to see an article in the Daily News on the (Slums Act?) 'transit camp' that has been set up for the evicted families.
After 15 years of living in a settled community people are now being evicted, apparently with a court order, after the municipality sold off the public owned land (that had been popularly appropriated for a new commonage) to a private owner. Last time around people in Sea Cow Lake vigorously resisted eviction. This is not an Abahlali settlement but, from outside, it seems unlikely that the court support for the eviction would stand up to an appeal given that people are being left homeless.
Isolezwe: Ifilimu ngempilo yabantu basemijondolo
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Mon, 2007-06-18 14:46. Isolezwe | newspaper_story | Phili Mjoli | ZuluUKUHLALA emijondolo engahlanzekile, ukumpintshana, amanzi ageleza anganakwa muntu, usizi lokudilizelwa, nokusha kwezindlu yinto ozoyibona maduze nje ku-SABC 3 ohlelweni iSpecial Assignment.
Lokhu kuvezwe nguMnuz Mukelani Dimba wesikhungo esisiza umphakathi ekutholeni ulwazi lokuthi izidingo zawo zizolethwa nini, i-Open Democracy Advice Centre, eseKapa (ODAC).
Uthe le filimu (documentary) ikhombisa ukuthi ulithola kanjani ilungelo lakho lokwazi elikumthethosisekelo, iRight to information Act ka-2000.
NgoMgqibelo abantu abahlala emijondolo bathole ithuba lokuyibuka kuqala le filimu, i-The right to Know, echaza ngempilo yabantu abahlala emijondolo njengoba beyethulwa ngokusemthethweni.
Isolezwe: Luqale phansi uchuku epulazini iNew Venture
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Mon, 2008-02-18 10:11. isiZulu | Isolezwe | Phili Mjolihttp://www.isolezwe.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4260406
Luqale phansi uchuku epulazini iNew Venture
Isolezwe
February 18, 2008 Edition 1
PHILI MJOLI
ASIKHO isisombululo sezinkinga ezibhekene nomphakathi waseSibhonsweni, eMelmoth, enyakatho yeKwaZulu-Natal, ohlala epulazini i-New Venture ngaphandle kokuthi umhlaba walo ubuyiselwe kubantu.
Lokhu kushiwo nguMnuz Sipho Dlamini okhulumela uMnyango wezemiHlaba kulesi sifundazwe ngemuva kokuthi lo mphakathi utshele leli phephandaba ukuthi lo Mnyango uhudula izinyawo ekuxazululeni izinkinga zawo nomnikazi wepulazi.
Isolezwe: Ungasivikela emlilweni ugesi: izakhamizi
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Mon, 2008-02-18 07:31. isiZulu | Isolezwe | Phili Mjolihttp://www.isolezwe.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4260445
Ningizimu Afrika
Ungasivikela emlilweni ugesi: izakhamizi
Isolezwe
February 18, 2008 Edition 1
PHILI MJOLI
IZAKHAMIZI zasemijondolo yaseThekwini zithi umlilo odlula nemiphefumulo, nezimpahla zazo unganqandeka uma zingafakelwa ugesi emizini yazo njengazo zonke izakhamizi zaleli.
Lokhu kushiwo nguMengameli wenhlangano yabahlala emjondolo kuleli dolobha, Abahlali baseMjondolo, uMnuz Sbu Zikode, ngemuva kokusha kwemijondolo engu-45 ekuKennedy Road, okushiye inqwaba ingenayo imipheme yokufihla amakhanda.
Isolezwe: Bakhala ngokunganakwa abadilizelwa imijondolo
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Mon, 2007-07-16 09:56. Isolezwe | Phili Mjoli | Zuluhttp://www.isolezwe.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3936221
UKHALA ngobuhlanga umphakathi wasemijondolo yaseKupholeni, eChatsworth ngaphandle kweTheku, owadilizelwa imijondolo yawo ngeledlule kulandela ukushiywa kwawo ngaphandle nguMkhandlu weTheku ngesikhathi unika umphakathi wamaNdiya amatende nawo owadilizelwa ngoLwesithathu.
USihlalo walo mphakathi, uMnuz Falakhe Mhlongo, uthe bona kuthiwa abalinde izithunywa zomkhandlu ezizofika kubo uma selukhulunyiwe lolu daba.
"Asitshelwanga ukuthi udaba lwethu luzokhulunywa nini kodwa kuthiwe asilinde. Kuyasixaka-ke lokhu ngoba nathi sadilizelwa njengabo. Kungani thina kuthiwe asilinde kodwa bona banikwe amatende okulindela ngoba nabo balindele isinqumo senkantolo esingaziwa ukuthi sizophuma nini?" kubuza uMhlongo.
Isolezwe: Abadilizelwe imijondolo bathi bazophinde bakhe ngenkani
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Wed, 2007-07-11 19:34. Isolezwe | Phili Mjoli | Zuluhttp://www.isolezwe.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3918329
July 05, 2007 Edition 1
IZAKHAMUZI zasemijondolo yaseKupholeni, eChatsworth, ezibe ngezokuqala ukuba yisisulu somthetho wokuvimbela ukwakhiwa kwemijondolo KwaZulu-Natal zithi zizoqhubeka nokwakha kuyo le ndawo ezihlala kuyo.
Izolo lezi zakhamizi zizithole zingasenamizi njengoba zithe zingazelele kwafika abasebenzi bakwaMasipala weTheku bathela phansi imijondolo engaphezu kuka-50 ebikule ndawo.
Kwenzeka lokhu nje kusanda kuphasiswa umthetho i-Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence Slums Act oqale ukusebenza ngeledlule. Lo mthetho ugunyaza oMasipala ukuthi badilize yonke imijondolo ayakhiwe ngemuva kokuphasiswa kwawo.
Isolezwe: Kuboshwe inqwaba yabadayisi futhi
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Wed, 2007-06-20 12:32. Isolezwe | newspaper_story | Phili Mjolihttp://www.isolezwe.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3893527
NQWABA yabadayisi basemgwaqeni eThekwini ebizolalela icala lozakwabo abangu-25 ababoshwa ngoMsombu-luko nayo igcine ikhalelwe ngamasongo kasigonyela izolo.
Laba badayisi bashaqwe ngamaphoyisa ngaphandle kweNkantolo yeMantshi eThekwini ngemuva kokuthi benqabe ukubuyela ematafuleni abo ngesikhathi betshelwa ukuthi ozakwabo ngeke bavele enkantolo izolo.
Kwale ngisho iPhini likaMengameli webhodi elilawula abadayisi eThekwini i-Informal Traders Management Board, uMnuz Themba Duma, ebatshela ukuthi abaholi bazoxoxisana namaphoyisa abadayisi abakhululeke baphindele ematafuleni abo, kodwa bala baphetha.
Basale dengwane kusha imijondolo
Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Mon, 2007-04-30 07:22. Isolezwe | Phili Mjoli | Press Article | ZuluISIPHENDUKE intandane ingane enezinyanga eziyithupha ephonswe unina ngaphandle komjondolo obugqamuka amalangabi adlule nomphefumulo kanina kuKennedy Road, eThekwini, ngoMgqibelo ebusuku.
Kuthiwa uNksz Bheni Mhlakwane ongowokudabuka eMatatiela, eMpumalanga Kapa, ushe wangqonga nomjondolo wakhe ngemuva kokuphonsa ingane kuyise obengaphandle. Ibalelwa ku-100 imijondolo eshile kule ndawo nosekushiye inqwaba yabantu bengenandawo.
Okhulumela laba bahlali, uMnuz Thelumusa Lembede, uthe uNksz Mhlakwane unele wezwa kuthiwa kuyasha waphuma ngesamagundane. Uthe esesemnyango, wakhumbula ingane yakhe, waphindela ngaphakathi wabhodloza umjondolo endaweni ebingakashi wadonsa ingane wayiphonsa ngaphandle.
Bakhononda ngokuhlala esigageni abahlali basemjondolo
Submitted by abahlali on Mon, 2006-11-27 21:16. Isolezwe | newspaper story | Phili Mjoli | ZuluBakhononda ngokuhlala esigageni abahlali basemjondolo
November 17, 2006 Edition 1
http://www.isolezwe.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3544355
PHILI MJOLI
Lihlehlile icala elifakwe ngabahlali basemjondolo yaseCrossmor, eChatsworth, eThekwini, abamangalele uMkhandlu weTheku ngokubadilizela imijondolo yabo uthi abanamvume yokwakha.
INkantolo eNkulu yaseThekwini ilihlehlisele uNovemba 30 leli cala, kanti kusaqhutshekwa nophenyo. Kuthiwa abameli balo mkhandlu bathi abakakulungeli ukuthethwa kwalo.
Ngokwemibandela yaleli cala imindeni engaphezulu kuka-300 eyadilizelwa izindlu isazoqhubeka nokulala kopulastiki ngoba abavumelekile ukuthi baqale ukwakha singakaphumi isinqumo senkantolo.
