ANTI-PRIVATISATION FORUM PRESS STATEMENT

Tuesday 11th November 2008

Housing Corruption in Tshwane

MARCH TO THE UNION BUILDINGS ON THURSDAY 13th

Housing Officials sold 2700 houses two years ago and we are still staying in shacks

The Anti Privatisation Forum (APF) together with the residents of Mooiplaas informal settlement in Tshwane will be marching to the Union Buildings on Thursday 13th November 2008 to expose the housing allocation corruption scandal in Olivenhoutbosch Extension 36 (Ward 48) and demand the Minister of Housing Lindiwe Sisulu set up a formal inquiry.

NO TO TARIFF INCREASES

The Energy Summit and NERSA Public Hearings are just a talk-shop

The Anti Privatisation Forum attended the Energy Summit on the 16th May 2008 and the ongoing NERSA Public Hearings on the 23rd & 27th May 2008 in regards to ESKOM's proposed 53% tariff increase. It is clear that these processes were necessary to find a common solution to the current energy crisis in the country so that there could be a common vision. But as the APF, we would like to make it clear that the voices of the poor are not listened to by the government and big business in the process. The Energy Summit took a resolution to propose a smooth tariff increase over a period of five years and organised labour agreed with these resolutions.

We Will Take Over the Houses if there is No Answer to Our Demands
by Kliptown Concerned Residents - Anti-Privatisation Forum Friday, Apr 18
phone: 00 27 (0) 73 8961 353 or 00 27 (0) 83 8591 654

Kliptown residents march over non-delivery of housing

The Kliptown Concerned Residents will be marching on the 19th April 2008 at 10h00 to the old Pimville Golf Course housing development. The community will be gathering at Battery Centre then proceed to Union Road at 11h00 and this follows a series of attempted engagements with the various Government Housing Officials and many stakeholders within Kliptown.

The trial of Kliptown protestors continues

On the 3rd September 2007 more than twenty comrades were arrested in community protests organized by the Anti Privatisation Forum against the slow or non-delivery of services in Soweto (Kliptown and Protea South). Fourteen comrades were arrested in Protea South though only four of those charged were taken to the Protea Magistrate court on the 4th of September 2007 and the others were released after been held captive for more than 24 hours without any charges being laid. In Kliptown, twelve comrades were arrested for public violence including five juveniles (under-age, school-going children) and have been appearing in court since September 2007. Their next appearance is scheduled for 16 April 2008.

Anti-Privatisation Forum Statement (3 September 2007)

APF Service delivery protests by range of communities across the Vaal and Greater Soweto attacked by police early this morning

Community member in Protea South knocked down by car in road and killed instantly

8 arrested in Kliptown and 6 in Protea South. Scores shot at and chased into their homes. Journalists being harassed

In Vaal, heavily armed police everywhere firing randomly and are conducting house-to-house searches for community leaders who remain in ‘hiding’

From very early this morning, a range of poor communities - which include Boiketlong, Kanana, Dunusa and Sonderwater in the Vaal as well as Kliptown, Freedom Park and Protea South in Greater Soweto - embarked on a series of protests against lack of service delivery.