Durban – Residents were moved to toxic landfill to make way for Umlazi Stadium for 2010 Games
23 October 2009 At a Hearing on Poverty and Climate Change in South Durban on August 20 2009, former residents reported that their houses in Umlazi D Section were demolished to make way for the expansion of the Umlazi Stadium for 2010 FIFA Games. The residents were removed to live in temporary shacks on a […]
Cape Town Mayor accepts Western Cape Informal Traders Coalition (WCITC) submission
23 October 2009 In what is seen as a major breakthrough, the Mayor instructed Mr. Mohamed (Director economic development and Tourism) to facilitate a day long workshop between all role-players as soon as possible. This he intimated might be held at the Good Hope Centre and possibly within weeks rather than months. The coalition welcomes […]
Dialogue on African cities – The Early Morning Market and Warwick precinct streets are the canvas for transformative art
18 September 2009 An exhibition currently running as part of a Young Artists Project, at the NSA, Durban, turns the gallery walls into a living city space with photographs of the people who live and work in the Warwick precinct. A video, Shopping Mall vs Market uses a split screen to show the different spaces […]
Message from Roy Chetty EMM Support Group
5 August 2009 The EMM Support Group thanks the Legal Resources Centre for taking up the matter of the continued, unjustified harassment of the market community. We also wish to thank Comrade Brother Yusuf Ismail for rushing to the legal defence of Romilla Chetty (secretary of the Market Association), in her hour of need. Viva […]
Working class communities of Durban
6 August 2009 Working class communities of Durban, and the general public who have been supporting the struggle of the traders in the Warwick Market precinct: Join the WCCA campaign partners on Friday 14 August 2009 in a picket outside the High Court, to demonstrate support for the livelihoods of informal traders and defend all […]
The Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA) would like to respond to the statement issued by the eThekwini Municipality on Media Reports of a Racial Slur at Early Morning Market Meeting
11 August 2009 The Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA) would like to respond to the statement issued by the eThekwini Municipality regarding the racialist and ethnic undertones that the party and other organizations involved in the Early Morning Market Support Group detected from the statements of the eThekwini Municipality and Obed Mlaba in particular at […]
Early Morning Market Traders walkout of City Hall meeting
12 August 2009 Dear Comrades Today (Wed 12 August 2009) was a glorious day in Durban. But first… we must acknowledge our revolutionary comrades in the EMM Support Group for challenging racist rhetoric and informing the world, in the face of official denials. This has helped sensitise City Hall to the dangers of lapsing into […]
KZN Provincial Task Team Report – EMM opposes the privatisation of Early Morning Market
28 August 2009 The KZN Provincial Task Team (PTT) report is a major disappointment, giving as it does the green light to the eThekwini municipal officials and the capitalist property developers to fast track their plans to confiscate the market site, demolish the market and build in its place a mall. The report pretends to […]
Court challenge to halt city`s planned closure of the Warwick Early Morning Market
11 July 2009 "Barrow traders challenge city", The Mercury, Tanya Broughton. The Early Morning Market Traders Association who have brought three court orders against the Ethekwini Municipality to allow informal traders into the market to trade, has been awarded costs which means the city must pay the legal costs. Members of the EMMA have been […]
Barrow Pushers at Warwick Market…
12 July 2009 …a new target in the Ethekwini`s war on the market`s informal workers and traders who oppose demolition of the market, were told that they could not enter the market unless they had permits. They refused as they had never had permits before as service providers in the market. The Metro Police blocked […]
