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Arnett Drive Successfully Resists Evictions

A defiantly red shack stands in Arnett Drive with Abahlali's injunction to 'Qina!'

26 August 2008

Judgment in this matter was handed down in the Durban High Court today - a total victory for Abahlali baseMjondolo. But while the court was in session the city moved against the Siyanda settlement, where Abahlali just opened a new branch last week with 50 members, illegally demolishing shacks and leaving people homeless...The struggle continues. (Click here to read the short report on the judgment in The Mercury).

More Deeply Reactionary Legislation Looms: Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Amendment Bill

Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Wed, 2008-03-12 09:35. update

Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Amendment Bill [B8-2008]

The bill has been tabled in Parliament. It states that it was amended according to comments received, but it still criminalises the organization of land invasion and takes no account of the outcry from the left in general and from poor people's organisations in particular. The South African Property Owners' Association must be thrilled.

To read this bill on this site in pdf click here and to read it on the Parliamentry Monitoring Group site click here.