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Five Kliptown activists convicted after 18 month ’trial’ (Kliptown Concerned Residents - KCR)

Wednesday 11th March 2009 by Nic

After 18 month-long trial, five community activists found guilty of public violence for daring to demand service delivery in Kliptown (Soweto)
On the 3rd September 2007 more than twenty community activists were arrested in community protests organised by the Anti Privatisation Forum against the slow or non-delivery of services in Soweto (Kliptown and Protea South). Fourteen comrades were arrested in Protea South though only four of those charged were taken to the Protea Magistrate’s court (...)

Soweto Concerned Residents launches the R5.00 Service Campaign (Soweto Concerned Residents - SCR)

Thursday 22nd January 2009 by Nic

We are poor and we can’t afford to pay for services (Zonke R5.00)
The Soweto Concerned Residents (SCR) held a community mass meeting in Orlando East at the A.M.E church to discuss the 2009 national elections and the state of the poor working class in the country. The meeting is normally attended by elderly pensioners and unemployed residents who are receiving various state support grants, many of whom were in the forefront of the struggle against apartheid. The meeting took a resolution to (...)

All is Not Free and Fair in Ward 19 By-Elections for the 28th January 2009 (Kliptown Concerned Residents - KCR)

Thursday 22nd January 2009 by Nic

On the 19th January 2009 the offices of the Kliptown Concerned Residents (KCR) was burgled and office equipment was stolen by unknown thugs. The KCR offices are located at the Kliptown Community Centre next to the Kliptown Police Station. The property belongs to Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) and it is home to many organisations and business forums. KCR has been occupying the office since late last year and there were no incidents reported but when KCR made it public that it will be (...)

Soweto Concerned Residents March to Premier Mathousand (Soweto Concerned Residents - SCR)

Wednesday 26th November 2008 by Nic

The Soweto Concerned Residents (SCR)/ Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) and the Workers International Vanguard will officially congratulate the newly elected Gauteng Premier Paul “Mathousand” Mashatile with a march over basic services on the 28th November 2008. The Soweto residents will gather at the Beyers Naude Library Gardens and march to the Premier’s office to hand over a memorandum of grievances.
The main concerns are not new to Mashatile as some pertain way back to when he (...)

63 Orange Farm residents arrested after protest for service delivery (Orange Farm Water Crisis Committee - OWCC)

Tuesday 16th September 2008 by Ahmed

15 SEPTEMBER 2008 - Angry Residents in Orange Farm take the Golden Highway to demand basic services
More than 63 residents were arrested yesterday morning for public violence and will be appearing today at the Vereeniging Magistrate court (they have since all been released without charge). A strong crowd of more than 2000 residents organised by the Orange Farm Water Crisis Committee took to the streets in the early hours of Monday morning, 15 September 2008, to blockade traffic on the (...)

Kliptown residents march to Mandela (Kliptown Concerned Residents - KCR)

Tuesday 8th July 2008 by Ahmed

Kliptown residents don’t join the world in celebrating Saint Mandela’s birthday.
We want him to share our poverty with the rest of the world
The Kliptown Concerned Residents will be marching on the 12th July 2008 at 10h00 to the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication to deliver a memorandum to Nelson Mandela. The community will be gathering at Battery Centre from 9h00 and proceed to Union Road at 11h00. We are protesting against poor service delivery in the area and we want the former State (...)

March against evictions in Wynberg, Alexandra (Alexandra Vukuzenzele Crisis Committee - AVCC)

Thursday 22nd May 2008 by Ahmed

Alexandra Vukuzenzele Crisis Committee marches in solidarity with the Wynberg Residents against forced evictions in Alexandra
More than 500 community members marched today to the Alexandra Region 7 housing department’s office in protest against the planned evictions on the 5th of May 2008 from Wynberg Councilor Place on 1st Avenue in Wynberg, Alexandra. The residents have delivered a memorandum to the housing department demanding that no evictions take place in the area.
The Wynberg (...)

March for housing in Alexandra Extension 7 (Alexandra Vukuzenzele Crisis Committee - AVCC)

Thursday 22nd May 2008 by Ahmed

Alexander Vukuzenzele Crisis Committee march for housing in Extension 7 on 19 April 2008.
The Alexandra Vukuzenzele Crisis (AVCC) together with other civil society organisations will be marching to the Extension 7 RDP houses on the 19th April 2008 to demand that the houses be allocated to the poor residents of Alexandra. The residents will be gathering at Ghanda Center, 1st Avenue at 10h00 and then proceed to Extension 7 RDP houses to expose housing corruption in the area. They have (...)

A call to a people’s inspection of Kliptown (Kliptown Concerned Residents - KCR)

Thursday 22nd May 2008 by Ahmed

The community of Kliptown (Soweto) will be hosting a People’s Inspection of the social and living conditions of the working class in Kliptown on the 6th of February 2008.
The people will gather at the Walter Sisulu Square of dedication (historically where the Freedom Charter was signed in 1955 & the African National Congress held it’s 50 years celebration in 2005 using millions for the event) at 10h00 in the morning. We will then embark on a field trip into the community and gather back in (...)

A reportback on the People’s Inspection of Kliptown (Kliptown Concerned Residents - KCR)

Thursday 22nd May 2008 by Ahmed

The Kliptown Concerned Residents held a public meeting to report to the community the outcomes of the People’s Inspection of the area on the 6th of February. The meeting took take place on 11 March at 10 a.m. at the Kliptown Community Centre.

The People’s Inspection of Kliptown
The People’s Inspection of Kliptown was a success, bringing to light the terrible conditions under which residents are staying. Organised (...)

Stop the xenophobic attacks in Alexandra! (Alexandra Vukuzenzele Crisis Committee - AVCC)

Tuesday 13th May 2008 by Ahmed

DON’T BLAME THE POOR FROM OTHER COUNTRIES FOR THE POVERTY AND JOBLESSNESS IN SOUTH AFRICA - BLAME, AND ACT AGAINST, THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE!
The Anti-Privatisation Forum and its affiliate, the Alexandra Vukuzenzele Crisis Committee, unreservedly condemn the recent violent, xenophobic attacks in extension 6 and extension 10. These violent attacks are aimed at people from other countries who are living and working in Alex and have been fed by baseless allegations that have fed other (...)

Angry Residents in Orange Farm take the Golden Highway to demand basic services (Orange Farm Water Crisis Committee - OWCC)

Monday 12th May 2008 by Ahmed

THERE IS NO PEACE WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT
More than 1500 residents organised by the Orange Farm Water Crisis Committee took to the streets in the early hours of Monday morning, 12 May 2008, to blockade traffic on the Golden Highway. Police opened fire with rubber bullets injuring at least seven demonstrators
Angry Residents in Orange Farm take the Golden Highway to demand basic services
The residents of Orange Farm Driezek Extension 5 took to the streets in protest for speedy service delivery (...)

Arrested for demanding housing - the trial of Kliptown protestors continues (Kliptown Concerned Residents - KCR)

Friday 4th April 2008 by Ahmed

On the 03rd September 2007 more than twenty comrades were arrested in community protests organized by the Anti Privatisation Forum against the slow or non-delivery of services in Soweto (Kliptown and Protea South). Fourteen comrades were arrested in Protea South though only four of those charged were taken to the Protea Magistrate’s court on the 4th of September 2007 and the others were released after being held captive for more than 24 hours without any charges being laid. In Kliptown, (...)

Alexandra Vukuzenzele re-occupy RDP houses in Extension 7 (Alexandra Vukuzenzele Crisis Committee - AVCC)

Monday 31st March 2008 by Ahmed

The Alexandra Vukuzenzele Crisis Committee (AVCC) residents have re-occupied houses in Alexandra Extension 7 since the 20th of March after negotiations failed to bear any fruit for the poor people of Alexandra.
Twenty of the occupiers were arrested on the following Monday, 24 March, and appeared in court the following day. All defendants were released on free bail. Two comrades of the AVCC were arrested for contempt of court while in Extension 7 this past Friday, 28 March.
The houses that (...)

Police hunt APF activists in Boiketlong (Boiketlong Crisis Committee - BCC)

Saturday 29th March 2008 by Ahmed

Anti Privatisation Forum activists staying in Boiketlong in Sebokeng have gone to ground as police hunt for ’troublemakers’.
Since 8 p.m last night, police have been roving the informal settlement in search of anyone associated with the APF. They have tried to lure activists out of hiding with claims they were looking for them to handover a response to a memorandum submitted by the community to Sebokeng Police Station on the 19th of March. One of the concerns of the memorandum was police (...)

Service Delivery-Housing March by the community of Boiketlong in Sebokeng (Vaal) (Boiketlong Crisis Committee - BCC)

Wednesday 19th March 2008 by Ahmed

The Boiketlong Community Committee together with the community of Boiketlong in the Sebokeng will be marching to Sebokeng police station and to the Sebokeng Municipal office on the 19th March 2008 to deliver a memorandum of grievances.
The community will gather at Masoheng Post Office at 08h00 then proceed at 09h00 to Sebokeng Police Station ending at Sebokeng municipal offices at Houtkop. This comes after the community protested in 2007 over the lack of service delivery and their action (...)