http://www.capetimes.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=vn20100309101447588C725416

Fifa's housing stance lamented
9 March 2010, 11:12
Geneva - Numerous people have complained of being forced from their homes or priced out of the housing market as a result of large events such as the World Cup and Olympic Games, says a UN human rights investigator.

Raquel Rolnik, an independent investigator appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, cited reports that more than 20 000 residents were being moved from a makeshift settlement near Cape Town to impoverished areas at the edge of the city before the World Cup.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20100309084144322C606888

Protesters fire on cops and firefighters
March 09 2010 at 08:57AM

Protesters fired live ammunition at firemen, pelted police with stones and barricaded roads in Mamelodi East, the city of Tshwane said on Tuesday.

"The situation is very tense," said spokesman Console Tleane.

He said the protests started around 8pm on Monday and were still continuing by 8am on Tuesday morning.

Click here to see pictures of the protests.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20100224071842386C227413&singlepage=1

Sharpeville erupts
February 24 2010 at 07:48AM

By Poloko Tau and Sapa

Abram Mokoena has seen it all before. He was 14 at the time of the Sharpeville massacre, but yesterday, 50 years later, he was caught again between flying bullets and the violence that protest can trigger.

http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1078738

Slums may not be cleared away for 2010 World Cup
15 October 2009

A Constitutional Court ruling against a section of the Slums Act will prevent mass evictions in a “clean-up” before the 2010 Soccer World, the Black Sash rights group says.

“I hope this judgment sends a very clear message to all the other provinces that might try to copy this law particularly in their haste to ’clean up’ before the World Cup,” said Evashnee Naidu, regional director for the Black Sash in KwaZulu-Natal.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/local/article151537.ece

Shack dwellers celebrate Concourt victory
Oct 14, 2009 7:04 PM | By Sapa

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An association campaigning for the rights of shack dwellers on Wednesday
celebrated its landmark Constitutional Court victory.

"After being the subject of political violence and shameless slander
over the last two weeks, we have something to celebrate," the Abahlali
baseMjondolo (ABM) said in a statement.

http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1053188

High-rise flats for the homeless
21 August 2009
Anna Majavu and Sapa

THE City of Cape Town is planning to build 14-storey blocks of flats in a bid to beat its massive housing backlog.

City housing director Hans Smit said yesterday that the buildings would be grouped in a “town” around facilities such as shops, community centres and schools.

There would be about 200 housing units in each block and from 5000 to 6000 units in each town.

http://www.sundaytribune.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=nw20090723144506749C435965

Journos barred from looting case
23 July 2009, 14:53

Reporters were on Thursday barred from attending the case of 90 people arrested for looting shops in Durban.

The first appearance of SA Unemployed People's Movement members was held in the basement of the Durban Magistrate's Court. The case was initially going to be held in Court 10, but the venue was changed and journalists were not informed.

http://www.themercury.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5093528

Police target ringleaders
Service protest anger boils over

July 22, 2009 Edition 1

SHAUN SMILLIE, POLOKO TAU & SAPA

SOUTH Africa has been gripped by a wave of violent service provision protests in three provinces, with fears that it might escalate and spill over into other provinces.

The protests in recent weeks depict a government still treading water in the race to keep democracy afloat, analysts say.

Anger against inadequate municipal services has boiled over after President Jacob Zuma's administration was elected, under pressure to deliver on election promises.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_News&set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=nw20090722143920736C768643

Scores nabbed for looting supermarkets

July 22 2009 at 03:02PM

Members of the SA Unemployed People's Movement went on a rampage on Wednesday afternoon looting shops in Durban, police said.

A hundred people were arrested after hundreds of people stormed Shoprite Checkers and Pick n Pay, said Captain Khephu Ndlovu.

"Earlier today we received information that the organisation was going to hold an illegal march. We then decided to deploy our members in town to monitor the situation," Ndlovu said.