This Thursday join us for a showing of the award-winning documentary, Favela Rising, at 1pm! Please RSVP to Cindy at 033 264 4380.
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Photo Credit: Jared Saks The Marikana land occupation ends in violent evictions. Check out a video from ENews on the Marikana occupation and demolitions. Find the video by clicking either of the links below. Church Land Programme Facebook Page or Merikana Evictions – ENews
Showing May 9: The history of the Occupy Wall Street Movement from its beginnings in a New York park to the brutal crackdown. Even in the face of police repression and media ridicule, the movement mobilised thousands fed up with the deep economic divide in the US.
Richard Pithouse and Anne Harley were among those who joined us at the Padkos Bioscope Launch. See more pictures here! Click here to view the event pamphlet!
Our small dynamic team wants a dedicated activist to join the organisation in Pietermaritzburg. For further information click here CLOSING DATE: 5.00pm 5 April 2013
Living and Struggling with Dignity Gogo Zondi harvests her crops on the land that was previously disputed. “What may appear as a shack to other people, to me and my family, is a house, and I am very proud of it… It is quite disturbing that there are people who refer to my house as
Click here for more of John Holloway’s work For additional information see previous helpings of Padkos for: Oct 5 2012 Sept 12 2012 To view pictures click here!
… In light of the government’s failure to address the unlawful arrest of school children, illegal cattle impoundment, forced evictions and land distribution issues, we have been emboldened to march in order to keep the Department of Land Affairs (Department of Rural Development and Land Reform), and the Department of Justice accountable for their responsibilities…Read
16 September 2012 Abahlali BaseMjondolo Press StatementIn 2009 Siyanda residents near KwaMashu were evicted by the Dept. of Transport and relocated from their shacks into Transit camps so they could build the road which is known as Dumisani Makhaye (R577). The residents contested the eviction in the streets and in the courts but an eviction