Internationally renowned stalwarts have become patrons
of the OCR: Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier,
O.F.M., Archbishop of Durban, South Africa, The late,
most revered Archbishop Denis Hurley, Archbishop
Emeritus of Durban was OCR’s first patron. Present three
patrons are: Professor Fatima Meer internationally renowned human rights activist and freedom fighter; Dr. Omaruddin (Don) Mattera who is a world renowned poet and writer and and Mr. Billy Nair,
freedom fighter, former member of national Parliament
(10 years); who served 19 years imprisonment in Robin
Island and was the founding member of the OCR in 1984
TRUSTEES:
The late Prof. Leonard Gering was the deputy chair of the DCRA Trust; Prof. Suleman Dangor, Adv. Tayob
Nazeer, Aboobaker, SC; Ms. Sibongile Doreen Khuzwayo,
Krubashen Moodley, Sibonelo Trustworth Ngubane, Lionel
Grewen
EXECUTIVE
MEMBERS:
Norman Hudson - Retired Bishop; Ms. Yoliswa Gladys Mhlaba - Deputy Chairperson; Ms. Alice Ntombikayise Tukute ; Dr. Sayed Iqbal Mohamed - Chairperson; Mr. David Jack - Treasurer; Mr. Yunus Goolam Mohamed Osman - Deputy Treasurer; Mr. Krubashen Manickum Moodley; Ms. Angel Paulsen - General Secretary
OTHER EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
Thembelani Adam Mncanywa and Ms. Liana Visagie (Mpumalanga province)
Lift Survey 2007 A random survey of buildings in parts of the Durban inner city, and a suburb shows that 67% have lifts that are defective or not functioning. Click
here to read more
RHT Analysis 2007 The role of the RHT is to provide the mechanism for dispute resolution with the least amount of inconvenience and cost to the disputants. Click
here to read more
S Naidu v J Choonoo This is a matter in which the plaintiff’s capital claim in his simple summons is based on a contract of lease wherein which he claims payment of the sum of R 1300.00 in respect of arrear rental he alleges is owing to him for defendant’s occupation and tenancy. Click
here to read more
Rental
Housing – Plight of the Poor The
ANC led government has injected tremendous efforts
in reconstructing a country devastated by a legacy
of colonialism and apartheid and expanded extraordinary
energy to the building of a fledgling democracy. Click
here to read more
Body
corporate over-ruled A Durban court has ordered
the body corporate of a Durban block of flats to
compensate a flat owner for lost rental after it
deemed a prospective tenant "shady and unacceptable..." Click here
to read more
Tenants
fight eviction order claiming they need more time More than 100 people,
including refugees, foreign nationals and South
African citizens face eviction from their Durban
homes today because their new landlords have instructed
them to vacate their flats... Click
here to read more
Sad
story of refugee tenants The
story of tenants at Inverallan is the sad story
of refugee tenants. Foreign nationals/refugees
are the latest victims at the hands of unscrupulous
landlords and their agents. Tenants are locked
out and their belongings either illegally seized
or thrown into the streets. Click here to read
full story
Arusha
– appalling conditions. Absentee landlords Where tenants are subjected
to unhygienic living conditions, exorbitant rentals
and an unsafe environment. A building without owners
and a café owner who controls the flow of water…
Click here to read
more
“SWEATSHOPS”/“WORK-HOUSES”:
The conditions under which children and their parents
live New municipal legislation
has done nothing to stop the exploitation of about
10 500 workers crammed into sweatshops in Durban's
central business district by unscrupulous landlords
and businessmen. Click here for the
full story
Traders
angry over Tender Accusations that traders
at the Church Walk fleamarket were not informed
of the decision to put the market out to tender
have been angrily rebutted by the eThekweni Municipality.
Click here for the
full story
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