WE WILL NOT BE MOVED// a meditation #2

WE WILL NOT BE MOVED// a meditation #2
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10h13 Wednesday
06, October
2010
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hangberg, hout bay, protest, western cape
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  1. Juxtapose

    power

  2. Juxtapose

    and this quote, wow, apt, power

  3. Greer

    Thanks Jux. Yes this quote is POWER!
    ps. I just posted this on Helen Zille's facebook wall.

  4. Diaan

    I'm sorry, but I feel I have to grumble a bit about the slogan in the bottom left corner. Protesting against the "boer" is yet again turning this in to a race issue, when that's not at all what it is.

    It's a class issue. It's leafy suburbs and fancy cars v.s. the hard reality of poverty. Can't we just get over this race thing already?

    Nice photos by the way, I'm not criticising them at all.

    Aside: I'm not always sure what Desmond Tutu meant when he said those words. To me they're one of the strongest criticisms against religion, a handy form of mass control and oppression, as can be seen from his words. Strange, mostly self-critical words from a man of the cloth.

  5. lebogang nkoane

    … "die boer se moer" — that disturbs me: Afrikaans ain't a language I speak at all, but that line: adds fire to the fuel: which then begs the question 'bout their 'struggle'.

  6. Uno

    Juxtapose said it, I cosign.
    Been trying to get a grip on what's hapening, ufff! It's complicated, difficult to understand who's wrong and who's right on this whole land/ housing project claims... one thing is sure though, there was police brutality that reminded me of apartheid time images...
    If only the community could have a bit more cohesion in this whole process, it seems like this problem has escalated also due to the lack of good leadership and conflict resolution... still need to investigate more... can you let me know if you go back there? I would like to go with you.

  7. Jeff Rikhotso

    Democracy means being able to voice your opinion, right or wrong, but when one group stand in one corner and start name calling the other, the very right they have to protest, could be skidding towards violating other people's rights too. What a delicate balance.

  8. Uno

    I saw some footage from when they were auctioning that site on Sentinel Hill and it was between two residents and the auctioner, at one stage one of the residents said that "...we are the first people, we are the khoi, we own this whole land, this is all ours..." or something around these lines. This type of thinking won't help them getting support, even inside the community, as it presupposes that only people with Khoi San descendency are entitled to live there...

  9. Greer

    @ UP I have heard that its a small number of people who actually live above the 'fire break'. Also many of the wealthier residents in Hout Bay live above the fire break on the other side of the mountain. Entire (high end) housing developments have been built above the fire break.

    Regarding the khoe san issue - I understand your argument here, but I think their statement is more about consciousness. The statement is about getting a message across to people that they are entitled to this land, after many many years of being made to feel like they don't belong here. ( BtW: Descendents of the Khoe San form part of ALL the larger 'race' groups in South Africa.)

    I don't think this is a race issue - but we can't ignore the issue of race in SA, in arguments concerning inequality. ( as much as we'd like to). I also don't think the word 'Boer' in this case is a literal reference to a white person. It's slightly more complex than that.

    I am for Equality, for Access to opportunities and for voices to be heard. I am against using violence, but I am for fighting to make injustices known. Posting this photograph for me, was about taking a stand. Lets talk. engage. stand up.

  10. lebogang nkoane

    … sure.

    The minute a phrase that says "Boer se moer" is used as a phrase to voice your opinion about being 'evicted': they lose my support, because it then shifts the focus from what their issue is (and other things un-related to their plight)

    Just like right now — I am already talking about something else instead.

  11. Jeff Rikhotso

    He he he he, u kill me Lebogang....you right tho. Once the issues gets mixed up, then im quick to dissociate myself from such. Stand for what you blv in, but be focused also, not use that as a platform to express all your frustrations at once. Then again, am i still relevant myself to the issue at hand.Lol

  12. Greer

    @ Jeff and Lebo: Point heard & digested but I don't think "Die Boer se Moer" is to be taken literally. I included it in my post to build a narrative.
    Choosing to focus on this is destructive.

  13. lebogang nkoane

    … yeah: the phrase itself IS "destructive", it draws attention: especially from a South/African context: as you put it: "but we can't ignore the issue of race"

    But, I am jumping out of this dialogue: I have said my part: hence forth I shall only listen (lessons learnt from last week)

  14. The Graduate

    a great compilation. really.

  15. NguJaz

    i like the composition. I'm too ignorant about their fight to comment on the issue

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