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The failure of the eThekwini municipality to comply with an order of the
court that compels it to house the residents of Siyanda who have been left to
rot in the Richmond Farm transit camp has clearly indicated that the City is law
unto itself.

Yesterday the Court heard both the sides of Abahlali and eThekwini and
heldthe judgment. The judge said it was going to handed down in few days. We
havejust received a call from our legal team saying that tomorrow, Wednesday,
19September 2012 at 9am the judgment will be handed down at the Durban High
Court.

Abahlali wish to thank its legal team from the Socio Economic Rights
Instituteof South Africa for such a high quality legal representation. Abahlali
maintains that amathini (Transit camps) still represent the apartheid
style of indignity which must be fought by all means necessary. We believe we have
reasonable grounds for success in the court and will continue to struggle
against transit camps in the courts, on the streets and in communities.