Street and market trader leaders from Tanzania and Malawi to address Anti-Xenophobia Workshop in Johannesburg
26 March 2010 “We are demanding the inclusion of the urban poor in the preparations and plans for the World Cup FIFA Games being hosted in South Africa during June and July 2010,” Nkosinathi Jikeka said today on the occasion of the second of a series of events held by the WCCA Campaign to call […]
Abahlali baseMjondolo PressThe notorious Michael Sutcliffe continues to launch illegal attacks on our basic democratic rights
19 March 2010 He has now given in to our pressure and removed his illegal ban on our right to march but he has issued a permit that only allows us to march from Botha Park to Albert Park. Our march on Jacob Zuma, scheduled for 22 March 2010, was planned to go from Botha […]
International Women`s Day Workshop on Counting the Costs of FIFA World Cup to Informal Economy Women.
8 March 2010 Demands to the Ethekwini Municipality We demand that the City clarifies the situation of informal trading at stadium after the World Cup, especially for those women traders who depend on match days to put food on table for their families. We demand that the city respond to the national government that recognises […]
Traders Evicted in Mitchells Plain Town Centre
8 March 2010 Today in Mitchells Plain Town Centre, Traders were evicted, goods were confiscated, trading bays demolished and livelihoods shattered. The Town Centre was lined with police and law enforcement vehicles as Traders non-violently protested as they watched their goods get thrown into dumpsters. Over 100 police and law enforcement officers were on the […]
International Women`s Day forum to count costs of FIFA 2010 Games
5 March 2010 The World Class Cities For ALL (WCCA) Campaign and partner organisations in Durban are holding a workshop to celebrate International Women`s Day on 8th March 2010 at the Cane Growers Hall, ML Sultan Technikon campus of Durban University of Technology, Greyville. “Women have had to fight hard for equality on the `playing […]
100 days to go – and the urban poor ask what happened to fair play?
2 March 2010 “Why should the poor be marginalised even further, or `disappeared` in the clean-up programmes in preparation for the arrival of the football fans? With 100 days to go before the games open, official action towards the urban poor fails to meet any standard of fair play,” said Pat Horn, StreetNet International coordinator […]
Nelson Mandela Bay – Street and market trader leaders from Mozambique and Zimbabwe to address Anti-Xenophobia workshop in Port Elizabeth
23th February 2010 “We are demanding the inclusion of the urban poor in the preparations and plans for the World Cup FIFA Games being hosted in South Africa during June and July 2010,” Paul Shambira said today on the occasion of the inauguration of a first of a series of events to call for a […]
FIFA Games must be Xenophobia-free
19 February 2010 The World Class Cities For ALL (WCCA) Campaign calls for host cities to ensure a Xenophobia-free World Cup in 2010. The WCCA Campaign is an international campaign that is demanding the inclusion of the urban poor in the preparations and plans for the World Cup FIFA Games being hosted in South Africa […]
Cape Town: Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign
18 February 2010 March to Support Informal Trading CHATA will be joining the Western Cape Informal Traders Coalition in a march on Tuesday, February 23, 2009. The March will begin from Kaizerchrat in Cape Town at 9am to proceed to the City Building. CHATA has encouraged its members not to collect their permits due to […]
Declaration of the third StreetNet International Congress
StreetNet International has held its Third International Congress from 10 – 12 August 2010 in Cotonou, Benin. 78 delegates from 33 of our 35 affiliates mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, representing a paid-up membership of 353 988 assembled for three days to chart the way forward in the continuing effort to strengthen our […]
