Statement by Abahlali baseMjondolo President S’bu Zikode

by Sokari on October 1, 2009

in Africa , Assault on Dissent, Social Movements, South Africa, Township Stories

Following the mob attacks on Kennedy Rd settlement, S’bu and his family and other members of KRDC are now refugees as Kennedy Rd is now being run by the local ANC.

The movement is still under attack in Kennedy Road and the police are still failing to protect us. The settlement is now run by the chairperson of the local ANC branch, Jackson Gumede, and his armed mob. Gumede is asking people to show ANC cards. Senior people in the ANC and the police continue to offer open and public support for the attacks. None of the people that attacked us and destroyed our homes have been arrested. Many of us are still sleeping in the bush and in the streets. There has been another death in hospital.

S’bu appeals for continued support for Abahlali – silencing Abahlali baseMjondolo is silencing us all.