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The SJC at UCT is primarily concerned with raising awareness about the movement and the issues it is involved in, such as safety and security for all and open and accountable governance, with a view to recruiting students. Our work in this regard involves organizing discussions, lectures and demonstrations; which this year have included a panel discussion on safety and security, a documentary screening and a rally in support of Abahlali baseMjondolo, amongst others.
In 2010 we aim to continue our work of publicizing around inequality as well as setting up a structured program for students to volunteer for the SJC on a weekly basis. Our function therefore, is to bridge the divide between campus and the other areas in which the SJC works and to bring the resources of the University to bear on broader campaigns.
Still No Bail for the Kennedy Road 13 as the Attack on our Movement Continues
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement
CAPE TOWN – The Kennedy Road 13 returned to the Durban Magistrate's Court on Monday 26 October to hear the verdict on their application for bail. Once again the ANC mob had been bussed in and there was a further escalation of threats against us. New people were targeted and threatened with death. Even at the Durban Magistrate's Court, in full public view, we are not safe and our basic democratic rights to speak and associate freely are being denied.
The threats of death and harm from the mouths and at the hands of self-proclaimed ANC members and officials, which started at the Kennedy Road settlement, has followed us into the Court. The violence and intimidation, which started at Kennedy Road, is not over. It is far from over. It continues. Our movement is still under attack, and our members - in Kennedy Road, and now also in other settlements, continue to be scattered by threats of violence. Even as we declare to ourselves and the world that we will not be silenced by the ANC we continue to live in fear that free speech, free movement and free association could get us killed.
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