{"id":20904,"date":"2013-07-04T17:22:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T15:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/cato-manor-protest-leader-buried\/"},"modified":"2013-07-04T17:22:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T15:22:08","slug":"cato-manor-protest-leader-buried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cato-manor-protest-leader-buried\/","title":{"rendered":"Cato Manor protest leader buried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \t                                <!-- Main Editorial Image --><br \/>\n                    \t\t\t      \t\t\t                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/7cda8_1496808286.jpg\" alt=\"cato protest leader killed\" title=\"\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions_credit_article\">Independent Newspapers<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">Thembi Mazubane mourns the death of her boyfriend, Nkululeko Gwala.  Picture: Zanele Zulu<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p class=\"related_articles\">Related Stories<\/p>\n<ul class=\"menu_tab_lists_related\">\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/dailynews\/news\/slain-activist-was-warned-to-leave-1.1539200\">Slain activist was warned to leave<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--PSTYLE=WT Web Text--><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Durban &#8211; The leader of the Cato Manor shack dwellers who was shot dead last week was buried at his home in Inchanga on Wednesday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Nkululeko Gwala led several violent protests against the eThekwini Municipality\u2019s allocation of low-cost houses, claiming legitimate shack dwellers were being passed over. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The 700-strong mob he led damaged infrastructure and challenged others in low-cost houses in Cato Manor, demanding they show proof that they were the rightful owners of their homes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Last Wednesday, after the community held a meeting on the unrest with Durban mayor James Nxumalo and the head of the ANC in eThekwini, Sibongiseni Dhlomo, Gwala was shot dead near his shack at about 10.30pm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">His killers have not been caught. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">On Wednesday, at his funeral, his followers, who are members of a group called \u201cAbahlalo Basemjondolo\u201d, which means \u201cpeople who stay in a shack\u201d, described him as \u201ca hero\u201d and a \u201cfreedom fighter for shack dwellers\u201d.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Group leader, Sbusiso Zikode, who was flanked by bodyguards at the funeral, said: \u201cHe died for the homeless people of Durban, the province and the whole country.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cHe died for the people who are angry because the leaders don\u2019t want to listen to them. The leaders are killing us because they see us as a hindrance to their abuse of tenders,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The ANC councillor in Inchanga, Mzwamasoka Shozi, warned Abahlali Basemjondolo not to use Gwala\u2019s funeral to incite hostility against ANC leaders. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cInchanga is an ANC stronghold. Unfortunately there are those who do not accept that the ANC is in power.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cWhat happened outside Inchanga should not be brought to Inchanga.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cIf you want to talk about your problems don\u2019t talk about them here in Inchanga,\u201d said Shozi. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Abahlali Basemjondolo secretary Bandile Mdlalose said ANC leaders had told a meeting held in Cato Crest last week that Gwala should leave the area because he had \u201cbecome a menace\u201d. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cGwala was fighting against housing being allocated in a corrupt way,\u201d she said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cWe informed the mayor that some people were getting more than one house each, but the mayor refused to listen to us,\u201d said Mdlalose.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Mourners said Gwala had been active in organising community development protests in Inchanga. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Gwala\u2019s father, Thembinkosi Ndokweni, said his son left behind five children.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cEven though he left school in standard two and was unemployed he had passion for education,\u201d said Ndokweni. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\"><strong>The Mercury<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent Newspapers Thembi Mazubane mourns the death of her boyfriend, Nkululeko Gwala. Picture: Zanele Zulu Related Stories Slain activist was warned to leave Durban &#8211; The leader of the Cato Manor shack dwellers who was shot dead last week was buried at his home in Inchanga on Wednesday. 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