In a major legal victory for poor people’s rights to housing and shelter, the Constitutional Court this week struck down the KwaZulu-Natal Slums Act. The court upheld shackdweller movement Abahlali base Mjondolo’s (ABM) application that the Act was unconstitutional.
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Landmark judgment in favour of poor
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AbM in Media: Shack dwellers’ victory
15 10 200915 Oct 2009 – The Witness
Sharlene Packree
RESIDENTS of the Kennedy Road settlement in Durban were jubilant yesterday at the ruling of the Constitutional Court that a law that would have allowed mass evictions in KwaZulu-Natal is unconstitutional. Read the rest of this entry »
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Media: KZN Slums Act ruled unconstitutional
14 10 2009October 14 2009 at 11:57AM – SAPA
The Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that a law that would have allowed mass evictions in KwaZulu-Natal was unconstitutional. Read the rest of this entry »
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AbM HAVE WON THE CASE AGAINST THE SLUMS ACT IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT!
14 10 200914 October 2009 – For Immediate Release
** Click here for a copy of the Constitutional Court Judgment **
** Click here for the media summary **
We have WON the Slums Act Concourt case and we have WON it with costs.
Statement by the Most Reverend Njongonkulu Ndungane, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town: “This indicates that we need now is an engaged citizenry. What we’ve tended to do is to stand back and allow things to happen to us, even in our own name. What Abahlali baseMjondolo have shown us is ‘not in our name and not on our watch’“.
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The Judgment
There is a summary of the judgment below and the full judgment can be accessed here. Read the rest of this entry »
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Constitutional Court to rule tomorrow on KZN elimination of slums act
13 10 2009CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA v Premier KZN and Others
Case CCT 12/09
Date of hearing: 14 May 2009
MEDIA SUMMARY
The following explanatory note is provided to assist the media in reporting this case and is not binding on the Constitutional Court or any member of the Court.
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Phiri Water Case: Constitutional Court Fails the Poor and the Constitution
11 10 2009PUBLIC STATEMENT
Thursday 8th October 2009
JUDGMENT SHOWS A LAZY LEGALISM AND WHOLLY BIASED AND CONTRADICTORY REASONING IN RULING THAT FREE BASIC WATER POLICY IS ‘REASONABLE’ AND PRE-PAID WATER METERS ARE ‘LAWFUL’ Read the rest of this entry »
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Media: State turns against shack dwellers
11 10 2009by Jeanne Hromnik – The Weekender
Published: 2009/10/10 09:03:17 AM
THE appellants in the Joe Slovo shack dwellers’ case against Thubelisha Homes might be forgiven for thinking the law is an idiot and an ass (and a bachelor, no doubt) after a recent ruling of the Constitutional Court. Read the rest of this entry »
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