Article: Living conditions 'unacceptable'.(News)

Article: Prophet of doom; Tony Leon should allow the elected leadership to ...
The Mercury (South Africa);  October 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ...One of the weapons that has been consistently used by the enemies of the African National Congress in particular, and the progressive forces in general, has been the divide-and-rule tactic, in which its members are pitted against one another and a particular comrade is ostensibly preferred over

Article: A self-appointed oracle; Recently columnist Max du Preez ...
Daily News (South Africa);  March 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ...In his essay: Why I Write , author George Orwell argues that there are practically four motives that drive writers to put pen to paper. These, he says, are sheer egoism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse and political purpose. On sheer egoism, Orwell says the writer is driven by a desire to

Article: Traditional leadership given back its dignity; New legislation ...
The Mercury (South Africa);  September 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ...It is often said that people who make history do not necessarily have time to write it. It is, I believe, not that they do not want to record their history but it is because they are preoccupied with changing their obtaining realities and ensuring that the change is a sustainable one. Some of us

Article: Meeting people's housing rights; The government does not place ...
The Mercury (South Africa);  February 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ...AS A person who respects our country's judicial system, I was initially reluctant to respond to the article titled Forced removals by Kerry Chance, Marie Huchzermeyer and Mark Hunter in The Mercury on January 29. However, because inaccuracies tend to gain the status of conventional wisdom if left

Article: Slum bill draws vocal protest from three provinces.(News)
The Star (South Africa);  May 15, 2009 ;     671 words ... ... Department has joined KwaZulu-Natal MEC Mike Mabuyakhulu as respondents in the case. Abahlali ... act's aims were to improve the living conditions of communities, it carried no detailed ... phrase dealing with improving the living conditions of communities came only at the end ...

Article: 'Laws will improve horrible lives'; Shack dwellers remain ...
The Mercury (South Africa);  June 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ...KWAZULU-NATAL Housing Minister Mike Mabuyakhulu says shack dwellers live horrible lives, which he hopes ... stopping shack settlements, rather than improving the living conditions of people there. Mabuyakhulu said it would be foolhardy ...

Article: March against hostel rent rise.(News)
Sunday Tribune (South Africa);  March 16, 2008 ;     397 words ... ... s and women's hostels in the city and improve their living conditions. Themba Hlophe, who lives in Umlazi's Unit 17 hostel ... Lennox Mabaso, who said he would deliver it to MEC Mike Mabuyakhulu. - Tribune Reporters