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Attacks on the Kennedy Road Informal Settlement |
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| What is affected |
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| Type of violation |
Forced eviction Demolition/destruction |
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| Date | 26 September 2009 | ||||||||
| Region | AFA [ Africa anglophone ] | ||||||||
| Country | South Africa | ||||||||
| Location | Durban | ||||||||
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| Details |
Letter |
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| Development |
RR 83 Chance.pdf
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| Housing losses | |||||||||
| - Number of homes | 30 | ||||||||
| - Total value € | |||||||||
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| Brief narrative |
Durban - Local and international academics on Monday condemned attacks on a Durban informal settlement which claimed two lives and saw 30 shacks destroyed at the weekend. "We note with concern the reports of the violent attacks on members of the Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement (ABM) in the Kennedy Road informal settlement," said academics in a joint statement. Two people were fatally assaulted and stabbed, and scores were injured when about 40 men carrying assegais, knobkerries, spears and guns attacked them. They attacked the settlement during a youth camp held by the Abahlali baseMjondolo (ABM) movement. (Source: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Attackers-associated-with-ANC-20090928, 28 September 2009; See also: http://antieviction.org.za/2009/09/28/joint-statement-on-the-attacks-on-the-kennedy-road-informal-settlement-in-durban/, 28 September 2009) | ||||||||
| Costs | € 0 | ||||||||
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