Shack dwellers association is not buying ANC’s land talk
Abahlali baseMjondolo says those who live on ‘the fringe of everything in SA remain trapped in poverty‚ unemployment and abuse’
The ANC talks about land only because their primary objective is to harvest more votes. This is the view of Abahlali baseMjondolo, a prominent shack dwellers’ group that famously beat the government in the Constitutional Court a decade ago. Abahlali hosted the 12th edition of its Unfreedom Day at the Springfield Sports Ground at the eThekwini FET College on Sunday. Members came from as far away as the Eastern Cape and Gauteng. The event was held under the theme "Consolidating the power of the impoverished from below". Abahlali leader Zandile Nsibande said those who lived on the fringe of everything in SA remained trapped in poverty‚ unemployment and abuse. "It’s in fact laughable when they are talking about land because that’s rhetoric. It’s only to get votes‚" said Nsibande. "For us there has never been freedom. Just look at the faces of all the people gathered here and tell me if you see any sign of freedom in their faces and in their eyes‚" she said. She lamented eThekwini munici...
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