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Ugandaganda ususe umsindo

September 16, 2008 Edition 1

BAWINILE BGCOBO

KUTHE abalidle balifele ikhansela abantu abahlala emijondolo yaku-Foreman, eThekwini, izolo befuna ukwazi ukuthi uzofika nini ugandaganda ozokhuculula ukuze bakwazi ukwakha kabusha izindlu zabo ezishe ngempelasonto.

Bekulindeleke ukuthi kufike uNgqongqoshe wezokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi, uDkt Meshack Radebe, ezokhuluma nabantu balapha kodwa wangaphumelela.

Abantu bebekhala ngokuthi bathenjiswe ukuthi kuzokhucululwa lapho kushe khona imijondolo bese beyakha kodwa kuze kwashaya uMsombuluko emini ungakafiki ugandaganda.

Foreman Road residents have been informed that the bulldozers will return and resume their attempts to illegally bulldoze the shacks rebuilt after the fire at 7:00 tomorrow.

Abahlali baseMjondolo have asked our lawyers to seek an urgent interdict prohibiting the Municipality from carrying out unlawful demolitions. The community is also preparing to directly resist any attacks on their homes should this become neccessary.

It is important that everyone understands the following facts clearly:

1. In South Africa any eviction or demolition carried out without an order of the court is an illegal and criminal act.

15:31
Bulldozer Stopped in Foreman Road

The bulldozer has been stopped. The Legal Resources Centre is on the way. If any further attempt is made to knock down any of the fully or partially rebuilt shacks before this is resolved legally the entrance roads into the settlement will be barricaded. People will defend their right to their homes, to this land and to the city.

Foreman Road residents note with concern that the article in this afternoon's Daily News, which is below, (1) fails to consult any residents of Foreman Road while only consulting the police, the Housing Department and the Councillor and that (2) according to this article Yakoob Baig, a councillor who shack dwellers have rejected since 2005, and the Housing Department will decide whether people will be allowed to stay at Foreman Road or moved to one of the notorious temporary relocation areas.