Rustenberg Royal Bafokeng Stadium – Hawkers demand a pro-poor 2010
1 May 2007 By Cheche Selepe RUSTENBURG: David Mosome (above) is not just a hawker peddling hats, socks, nail-cutters and a host of other non-perishables under the bridge at the Rustenburg taxi rank. He is also chairperson at the local SA national civic association and a hawker leader. Mosome has joined the call by the […]
Abahlali baseMjondolo challenges the Notorious Slums Act in Durban High Court on 6 and 7 November, 2008
6 November 2008 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Thursday, 21 June 2007 noted: "Today the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination & Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Bill will be tabled in the provincial parliament. Abahlali baseMjondolo have discussed this Bill very carefully in many meetings. We have heard Housing MEC Mike Mabuyakulu say that we must not worry because […]
Durban: Evict refugees because “FIFA World Cup is around the corner”
1 November 2008 Patrick Bond, Centre for Civil Society, University KwaZulu-Natal wrote: Just taking a break from the scene of the confrontation, at Albert Park in central Durban, and have more information which can be verified by numerous witnesses: around 50 refugees, mainly women and children, were approached at 8am by Durban police, without warning, […]
SATUCC – Streetnet joint workshop organising workers in the informal economy, held at Booysens Hotel, Johannesburg
2 – 5 October 2008 2010 FIFA World Cup 6.1 SADC should commit to making the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in South Africa, into a SADC event; 6.2 SADC, SATUCC and StreetNet share a mutual commitment to ensure that the 2010 FIFA World Cup benefits the well-being of all the citizens […]
Housing rights: “World Class City” means hiding the poor
6 October 2008 Centre on Housing rights and Evictions (COHRE), Geneva report on housing rights in Durban issued on Monday 6 October, 2008, says Ethekwini Municipality should abandon idea that a "World Class City" means hiding the poor. Further, it should not allow preparations for the 20101 World Cup to encourage unjust housing practices. Full […]
Housing rights and FIFA World Cup 2010 Games
14 October 2008 Business Day report: "Poor should not be hidden, rights group tells SA" "SA, AND the eThekwini municipality in particular, need to move away from the idea that the poor should be hidden from view in world-class cities, the Geneva-based Centre for Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) warns in a scathing report. Durban […]
Johannesburg: The death of two evicted from Joburg`s pavement another sign of anti-poor policy
9 June 2008 By Cheche Selepe, World Class Cities for All Campaign Media Officer The deaths of two out of the 126 hawkers, including immigrants, evicted by the city of Joburg from the legally demarcated trading areas in central town is but just a drop in the ocean of what happens to poor evicted people. […]
WCCA (World Class Cities for All) Campaign Statement on Dismissal of Nelspruit stadium construction workers
28 June 2008 StreetNet International, the international federation of street vendor organisations with over 300 000 members in 34 organisations in 30 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and leader of the World Class Cities for All (WCCA) Campaign: Notes with concern the unfair dismissal of more than 70 workers by the Mbombela Joint […]
Memorandum of grievances to the Metro Trading Company and to The City of Johannesburg Mayor Amos Masondo
23 April 2008 We the above mentioned organisation (One Voice of All Hawkers) representing hawkers who are trading here all over in Johannesburg have gathered to deliver our grievances to your offices. We live in a country that has more than 40% of our population unemployed and more than 50% living below the poverty line. […]
Statement by the Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) in support of the memorandum of demands by the One Voice Of All Hawkers Association (OVOHA)
23 April 2008 One Voice Of All Hawkers Association (OVOHA) will this week deliver a memorandum of demands (pasted below) to the Johannesburg mayor. The Anti Privatisation Forum identifies with the struggle by hawkers to find a future in this city that is hostile to the poor. As much as the APF is waging struggles […]
