Wednesday, 31 January 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Death Threats at the eNkanini Land Occupation in Cato Manor

1. Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement
Death Threats at the eNkanini Land Occupation in Cato Manor
We continue to face serious intimidation and repression in our land
occupations in Durban. Yesterday men driving Metro police vehicles, but
not wearing police uniforms, arrived at the eNkanini Land Occupation in
Cato Manor. They issued clear death threats.
The men were targeting our chairperson in the branch. They called his
name and when he came out they told him that he will not last. They said
that he needs to be killed in order to stop the occupation.
We are currently engaging the provincial Human Settlement Department
to see if we can try and work towards an amicable solution in this matter.
All our branches, across all the occupations in the city, will stand together
against repression.
The intimidation that is taking place in Cato Manor is a tactic by the ANC
led government to frighten impoverished people from occupying land in
the city. Under the rule of the ANC the price of land for impoverished
people is paid in blood.
We continue to take the view that the social value of land must be placed
before its commercial value, and that democratically organised land
occupations in the cities are a form of grassroots urban planning.
We will hold the land. We will defend our right to the city. We will stand
firm with all our comrades facing repression.
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