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abahlali return to court in the wake of another murder and more illegal evictions. once again abahlali basemjondolo movement sa will be going to court to prevent ongoing illegal and brutal evictions directed at an impoverished community by the ethekwini municipality. this time the target of the municipality’s attack is the ekhenana land occupation in the past six months the notorious anti land invasion unit, with the support of the ethekwini metro police, has been regularly demolishing our movement has been going through a tough time. our land occupations are coming under sustained and illegal state violence. many of our comrades have been injured and arrested, some have been to*tured. we have buried many comrades this year as as*as*inations have worsened. on 16 november there was a brutal attack on the enkanini land occupation including a helicopter and police from as far away as bloemfontein. as individual homes were raided numerous people were severely beaten by the police. teargas was thrown into homes without nonhlanhla nzama, a resident in the occupation who was seven months pregnant, collapsed and was admitted to hospital for five days after saturday, 1 december 2018 abahlali basemjondolo press statement today, saturday 1 december, our enkanini branch in cato manor, will officially open its new community hall. the land was first occupied early last year and the occupation faced serious and often brutal resistance from the local anc and middle-clas* residents living on nearby land. it took sustained courage to hold and win the land. the alliance between the middle clas* residents, the anc and the police. tomorrow we go to court to stop the eviction of disabled residents. tomorrow the enduduzweni branch of abahlali basemjondolo goes to durban high court as the ethekwini municipality and kzn department of social development intensifies its war on the blind and physical challenged residents in the enduduzweni centre for the disabled in at the same time the ethekwini municipality’s land invasion unit is intensifying its was on the ekhenana land occupation in umkhumbane.