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Category Archives: Contemporary South Africa
Greg Nicolson reports on atmosphere in and around traders action against Johannesburg council.
This is Gcina Malindi,SC, one of the trialists in a UDF treason trial of the 1980s, now a leading advocate. the words are that of Greg Nicolson summarising
‘Advocate Gcina Malindi represented the respondents and decided not to respond to the real issues. Instead, in a sleepy speech, he argued the technicalities of urgency. He said the traders had ample time to launch a court action since the effects of Clean Sweep were being felt in October. They were simply trying to waste the court’s time, he argued, and even asked the traders to pay the municipality’s legal costs, a request Judge Monamo responded to by saying the traders have no money. “If the older people can do something wrong then the younger people will follow because they learn from that,” the judge advised.
Malindi said that the traders are out of work is nothing new in South Africa. “There can never be an appropriate time to act,” he counselled. If it’s not at Christmas time, it will be when children are starting school.’
Judgment reserved in case to reverse eviction of traders from johannesburg city centre
Joburg city lawyers use cynical arguments to deny urgency of evicted hawkers claims
Tara Weinberg, Re-opening restitution, election promises doomed to backfire
Richard Pithouse on the broader practices of governance that make collapse of Tongaat Mall and other attacks on the poor continue
Let us hope that Krejcir torture claims are properly investigated
A climate exists that can easily lead one to ignore the torture claims of Radovan Krejcir. Continue reading
Johannesburg seeks to expand its cleansing with preparation of apparently unconstitutional law
Joburg street traders in limbo
Pierre de Vos, E-toll civil disobedience reveals lack of respect for democracy
The period of white rule and apartheid saw a long history of civil disobedience and indeed defiance, Continue reading
Conflicting laws allow polluting mines to evade responsibility by Sipho Kings
Ministers’ defence of Nkandla spending unconvincing
No action taken against Tongaat developer
Bekkersdal as microcosm of wider social crisis by Jay Naidoo
Collapsed Tongaat Mall construction group awarded another R 101 million tender
Council must be probed over Tongaat mall collapse
Bill evokes ‘stooges of apartheid’ by Niren Tolsi
Unprecedented third round of hearings in North-West reject TCB. People ask whether they are being pummelled with consultations till they agree.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/11/22/bill-evokes-stooges-of-apartheid
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