Keyword: UN Special Rapporteur on Housing
South Africa, Oppose the 'Slums Act'
No Land, No House, No Vote, South Africa
25 and 26 February 2009The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has passed legislation [1] affecting the lives and rights of shack dwellers. The shack-dweller movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo, has challenged this law and will take their case to the Constitutional Court. But after a provincial judge ruled against the movement's first challenge, an article by the head of media services for the Department of Housing (published in the Witness newspaper on 24th February 2009) said:
UK, Dale Farm traveller evictions 'may breach human rights'
Travellers and Romany people from across Europe have protested against the planned evictions
Basildon Council has given the 200 people living on 51 unauthorised pitches at Dale Farm, Essex, until the end of August to leave. The UN's Raquel Rolnik has now called on the UK government to find a peaceful solution to the matter.
Dale Farm Solidarity – ‘Big Weekend’ preparations…
1. Camp Constant:
a mass gathering of national and international supporters of the Dale Farm community will commence on the ‘Big weekend’,
Saturday, 27th to Monday 29th August
, which is the final weekend before Travellers have been told they must abandon their homes or face the bulldozers. Residents of Dale Farm have invited supporters down for a long weekend of skill sharing and cultural celebration. Join us for: