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Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:56

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Veteran Durban cameraman Clive Read will screen his documentary, We Came in Spring Carts, about the conflict between traders of Durban s Early Morning Market and the Durban City Council over the proposed development of a mall on the site of the Market, at the Market on Tuesday 12 July at 14h00 in the presence of the traders.

After South Africa won the bid to host the 2010 soccer world cup, the country pulled out all the stops to impress FIFA and their worldwide audience. When traders at Durban s one hundred year old fresh produce market were told they had to make way for a new development tied to the event, they stood their ground. The Council fought back with lockouts, rubber bullets and intimidation. We came in Spring Carts documents the trials and tribulations of these humble people to where they are today, explains Read.

In early 2009 investigative journalist Beverley Sigamoney, convinced me to join her in documenting the unfolding crisis at The Early Morning Market, he said. An estimated 5000 people directly or indirectly employed by the market would lose their jobs. With the FIFA deadline looming the city manager together with the 2010 programme head decreed that the market be demolished to make way for an up-market shopping mall with the usual major commercial tenants as well as a taxi rank.

Black Coffee productions are sponsoring the screen, audio and projector.

Entry is free at todays screening.

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