Category Archives: Solidarity
Mandela Park Backyarders to join employment protest at Khayelitsha Hospital 10am tomorrow
16 April 2012 Backyarders Solidarity Statement Tomorrow, the 17th of April 2012, the Mandela Park Backyarders will be joining in solidarity with the Progressive Youth Movement and other community groups from all over Khayelitsha to protest the unfair job allocation … Continue reading
Solidarity: We “invaded” Rondebosch Common…but only the police destroyed the fynbos.
Statement by those who occupied the common Take Back the Commons Movement 28 January 2012 We did our best. We had everything stacked against us. The might of the South African Police Force, the paranoia of some Rondebosch rate payers, … Continue reading
Posted in Press Releases, Solidarity
Tagged de Lille, fynbos, police brutality, Rondebosch Common, Take Back the Commons
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Ayanda Kota: We are all in the same boat
Solidarity Statement with the Unemployed People’s Movement in Grahamstown 13 January 2012 As Backyarders we view the security forces including the police as part of those who are suppressing poor people from raising in public genuine issues that affect us. … Continue reading
Media: Show of strength outside court
July 28 2011 at 12:28pm – Cape Times – Shanti Aboobaker, Leila Samodien and Lauren Isaacs THEY came en masse, bearing placards and chanting as they gathered on the steps of the Western Cape High Court yesterday. This as about … Continue reading
Media: Tafelsig backyarders case postponed
AEC Note: (1) There were closer to 1,000 people at the march, rather than just 400 estimated in this article. (2) Also, the march, while it did not have a permit, was a legal march according to the Gatherings Act. … Continue reading
We march today in defiance of the City of Cape Town!
27 July 2011 Press Release by the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign With or without the permit from the city, today, we will be marching first to the High Court and then to the offices of the City of Cape Town. … Continue reading
Enough, Genoeg, Kwanele! Backyarders in Solidarity with Abahlali baseKennedy Road
Backyarders Solidarity Statement – 19 July 2011 Mandela Park Backyarders would like to congratulate Abahlali Basemjondolo for striking back against the government to free their comrades. Struggling for justice has proved to be packed with obstacles put before us by … Continue reading
Posted in AbM-KZN, MP Backyarders, Press Releases, Solidarity
Tagged Enouigh, Genoeg, Kennedy 12, Kwanele, Solidarity
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The Victory in the Kennedy 12 Trial is a Victory for all the Poor in South Africa
18 July 2011 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement The Kennedy 12 have been acquitted of all the charges bought against them after the attack on our movement in September 2009. It is a great day for the 12, their families, our … Continue reading
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Tagged fabricated evidence, Kennedy 12, middle class academics, regressive left
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Cape Town anti-land invasion unit acting illegally, say rights lawyers
Wednesday May 25th 2011 – West Cape News A woman raises her hands in peaceful protest as police disperse over 4 000 backyard dwellers who occupied city-owned land in Mitchell’s Plain last weekend. Photo: Neil Baynes/WCN The City of Cape … Continue reading
No! Land, No House! No, Vote! Summit (our votes are conditional)
14th of May 2011 No Land! No House! No Vote! summit will be held at Mandela Park, by Mandela Park Backyard Dwellers. While the Democratic Alliance will be hosting it’s final National campaign Rally at O R Thambo community hall … Continue reading
Posted in AbM Western Cape, MP Backyarders, Solidarity
Tagged No Land! No House! No Vote!, O R Thambo
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The Mandela Park Backyarders 