Habitat problems outside the WC

When: Wednesday 14 October at 1:00pm
Where: Jammie Plaza, UCT Upper Campus
What: Civil society solidarity protest with Abahlali baseMjondolo

The UCT History and Current Affairs Society (HCA), UCT Student Worker’s Alliance (UCTSWA), UCT’s branch of the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) and the UCT branch of Students for Law and Social Justice (SLSJ) have been horrified by the seeming prioritising of political and economic interest over human life in Kennedy Road, an informal settlement in Durban.

The Kennedy Road Development Committee and the members of the shack dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo were on the receiving end of the police-sanctioned violence at the end of last month, when a group of about 40 men attacked members of these organisations while chanting “anti-Mpondo” slogans and calling for “all the amaZulu to come out”.

This is a politically and ethnically motivated attack, which is attempting to silence voices of political opposition and exploit the poor. Together with Abahlali baseMjondolo, we call on President Jacob Zuma to intervene to end the criminalization of a democratically elected civil society organisation that seeks to improve the lives of its members, irrespective of their political, religious or ethnic backgrounds. - Abahlali