12 Nov 2009

By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI Secretariat   No trains enter the old train station in Alberton, situated at the western edge of the Ekurhuleni metro municipality in Gauteng. They stopped years ago, shortly...

11 Nov 2009

By Louise Cobbett, SDI Secretariat  On the 4th of November 09, the Nairobi City Council served the Aoko Road Traders of Nairobi with a 48-hour notice of eviction, however by midnight...

01 Nov 2009

By Benjamin Bradlow  ***Editor's Note (4 Jan 2010): For an update on behind-scenes-negotiations with local government officials at this convention, check out the SDI blog.***  Dennis Ndlovu smiled as he stood on...