Amanzi Ngawethu - Water is Ours (Medium quality 12MB)Authorship: Coalition Against Water Privatisation, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Anti-Privatisation Forum, Friction Films, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.Please spread far and wide, show in your community, blog, link to your website and social networks. The films are updated as events unfold in South Africa. There are 10 minute, 2 minute and 5 minute edits, all showing on frictionfilms.blip.tv. Downloads available. Many thanks. Film Release: Amanzi Ngawethu (Water is Ours)Six year legal battle for water rights in South Africa reaches Constitutional Court.Over the 2nd & 3rd of September 2009, the Constitutional Court of South Africa heard the final appeal in a case brought by five Soweto residents challenging prepaid water meters and insufficient free basic water. The Bill of Rights of the South African Constitution guarantees right of access to sufficient water.However, poor communities in Johannesburg's townships do not have sufficient water and do not receive the same water service as the richer suburbs. This six year legal battle is working to secure constitutional rights for all - water is a right not a privilege!Diverse forces have come together - from community mobilisation to self-organised water services to legal action - in powerful struggles which have won an historic High Court victory and empowered people to remove prepaid water meters and reconnect to free water, despite threats of criminalisation. In this spirit, Amanzi Ngawethu (Water is Ours) brings together protest songs, photos and video from people and organisations involved in the struggle and working in solidarity.As we wait for the court's decision, the residents of Phiri along with their legal team, supporters & millions of poor people in South Africa & across the world are watching and listening. Mobilising carries on in affected communities, popularising the High Court judgement, the legal process and people´s rights. The Constitutional Court´s decision is expected in the coming weeks, but could take months. Whatever the outcome of this legal case, the struggle to ensure accessible, adequate & affordable water for all will continue.Please spread this film far and wide and check the weblinks as events unfold... Thank you. News updates... Phiri Water Case: Constitutional Court Fails the Poor and the Constitution http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/Centres/CALS/BasicServices/Mazibuko.htmhttp://apf.org.za/spip.php?article373〈=enView the films here: frictionfilms.blip.tvRSS/itunes: frictionfilms.blip.tv/rss/itunesInfo and news:Coalition Against Water Privatisation (CAWP) Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) www.apf.org.zaCentre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) www.law.wits.ac.za/calsEmail: frictionfilms@riseup.net --------- The Anti Privatisation Forum's media committee is raising funds for the purchase of a digital camera and audio recorders, which equipment will add to the coverage of the APF's struggles for basic services, housing and education. All donations are appreciated and can be deposited into the account detailed below. These will be published on the APF website (www.apf.org.za) as recognition of your contribution. Please mark bank deposits 'APF media'. Account Name: Anti-Privatisation Forum Bank: First National Bank Branch: Bank City Bank Address: Block A, #3 First Place, Bank City, FNB, Johannesburg, 2000 Branch Code: 250805 Account Number: 62027851452 Type of Account: Cheque Swift Code: FIRN ZAJJA046 Telephone: (27 11) 352 1338/492 3321/492 3345 Contact Person: Azer Moosa (011 352-8905) Foreign Transfer Desk: 352 8290 (tel), 352 8219 (Fax) – Attn: Paulina (e-bus: 083 123 3000) Bank and ABA # for US wire transfers - J.P. Morgan-Chase Manhattan (021000021) Less