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Backyarders to march today on MEC Madikizela 10 Oct 2012 | 11:18 am
10 October 2012 Mandela Park Backyarders Press Statement The Mandela Park Backyarders will be marching in Cape Town to the offices of MEC for Human Settlements Bonginkosi Madikizela today at 10am. The...
In Memory of our fallen African brothers in Marikana 25 Aug 2012 | 02:08 pm
Written by Loyiso Mfuku, Mandela Park Backyarder activist, Khayelitsha, Cape Town 24 August 2012 We hereby send heartfelt condolences to all the bereaved families who recently lost their loved ones th...
Welcome to Hell: We are all Andries Tatane! 24 Apr 2012 | 08:41 am
19 April 2012 – People against police brutality What? Interfaith Andries Tatane memorial ceremony, testimonial against police brutality, and march to Harare Police Station When? Sun...
Mandela Park Backyarders to join employment protest at Khayelitsha Hospital 10am tomorrow 17 Apr 2012 | 08:13 am
16 April 2012 Backyarders Solidarity Statement Tomorrow, the 17th of April 2012, the Mandela Park Backyarders will be joining in solidarity with the Progressive Youth Movement and other community grou...
Hellen Zille: Artificial borders and racism are inseparable, your refugee label is equal to racism 3 Apr 2012 | 05:58 pm
3 April 2011 Statement by the Mandela Park Backyarders The recent statement made by Helen Zille which refers to Eastern Cape migrants as refugees and her subsequent justification of the term, illustra...
Solidarity: We “invaded” Rondebosch Common…but only the police destroyed the fynbos. 28 Jan 2012 | 08:26 pm
Statement by those who occupied the common Take Back the Commons Movement 28 January 2012 We did our best. We had everything stacked against us. The might of the South African Police Force, the parano...
Letter to the Khayelitsha Development Forum and request for follow-up meeting 22 Jan 2012 | 09:34 pm
Note: To our supporters of our struggle and to the media, the following letter was sent to the Khayelitsha Development Forum. They seem to have ignored our overtures towards having an open and product...
Ayanda Kota: We are all in the same boat 14 Jan 2012 | 01:18 am
Solidarity Statement with the Unemployed People’s Movement in Grahamstown 13 January 2012 As Backyarders we view the security forces including the police as part of those who are suppressing poor peop...
More protests tomorrow at New Khayelitsha Hospital 13 Jan 2012 | 10:14 am
12 January 2012 Tomorrow at 12pm, Khayelitsha residents will be meeting with KDF (Khayelitsha Development Forum) and the Khayelitsha Hospital officials in their quest to reverse what they believe is a...
Residents claim raw deal in job allotment 13 Jan 2012 | 04:50 am
Barbara Maregele – January 10 2012 – Cape Times MORE than 70 000 applications have been received for 329 posts that were advertised for the newly-built Khayelitsha Hospital. This was disclosed by a Di...
