EMMSG Update – Campaign Against Abuse of Women and Children
14 December 2009 Tomorrow, 15th December 2009, Women in Action (WIA) will assist the stallholders and workers of the Early Morning Market stage a theatrical-sketch (at the market) as part of the national campaign against the ongoing abuse of women and children in society. IA and the market community will also take the opportunity of […]
Durban – Warwick Early Morning Market celebrates 99 years and Campaign against women and child abuse
15 December 2009 The Early Morning Market celebrated 99 years today by lighting 99 lamps to mark the number of years the market has been in existence and the struggle this year to keep the market open against the efforts by the city to demolish it to build a multi-million shopping mall and taxi rank […]
Memorandum to Mike Mabuyakhulu
18 November 2009 Today a protest mass march was held by Street traders organisations and committees that do not support a Mall development in Warwick as the City is planning. Below is a copy of a memorundum that was presented to the MEC for the Economic and Tourism, Mike Mabuyakhulu. This memorundum was accepted and […]
Durban – Protest march by WCCA and partners to city hall
18 November 2009 Time: 09:00 am Venue: The protest march will start from Curries Fountain Stadium to City Hall Street vendors organisations and committees are marching to demonstrate support for the livelihoods of informal traders and defend all the markets in the Warwick precinct against the proposed Warwick development that is planned to make way […]
WCCA Campaign launches in Nelson Mandela Bay
16 November 2009 The World Class Cities For All Campaign launch in Nelson Mandela Bay is being held on Tuesday 17th of November, 2009, from 2pm -4pm at City Hall. The WCCA Campaign launch is making a public call for the WCCA Campaign demands to the municipality on the preparations for 2010 FIFA World Cup […]
Durban – WCCA Campaign calls for City to stop dividing traders
13 October 2009 TOPIC: CITY IS DIVIDING STREET VENDORS In Durban, World Class Cities for All (WCCA) campaign task team is following closely the Warwick precinct development issue. This has been a struggle for the livelihoods of street vendors and informal market vendors in this area, and the whole of the eThekwini Metro, where many […]
Durban – South Africa, Street Vendors` Support For Shack Dwellers
20 October 2009 StreetNet International, leader of the World Class Cities for All (WCCA) campaign for inclusive urban planning and preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, congratulates WCCA Campaign Partner organisation, Abahlali baseMjondolo, on their successful Constitutional Court challenge to declare invalid Section 16 of the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Slums Act. Street […]
Cape Traders Coalition hold meeting with city mayor Dan Plato
22 October 2009 After a successful general assembly in Cape Town the informal traders have Elected a steering committee to look into the work towards building a Coalition in the province And this coalition drive has secured an audience with the honorable Mr. Dan Plato on Friday 23rd October 2009 at the Civic Centre, 11h30 […]
FIFA`s games are not so sporting
23 October 2009 Transparency International reports that journalist Andrew Jennings has investigated allegations of ticket racketeering, vote fixing and corrupt marketing deals in FIFA hosted games and FIFA President Sepp Blatter is in the centre of it. See
Cape Town – Molo Songololo holds Round Table on Child prostitution & 2010 FWC & beyond
23 October 2009 Molo Songololo received various report of children being prostituted in Cape Town and surrounding area. Report also alleges that brothels, gangs, pimps, individuals, family members and even ‘children` are recruiting teenagers to meet that perceived demands for sexual services during 2010 FWC. The roundtable will discuss and verify these concerns and identify […]
