On the 6th November last year, Abahlali baseMjondolo applied to have the “KwaZulu- Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-Emergence of Slums Act 2007″ to be declared unconstitutional. Yesterday the judge ignored the argument that shack settlements are communities with a right to the city and upheld the Slum Act.
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