The Homemade Politics of Abahlali baseMjondolo, South Africa’s Shack Dweller Movement
S'bu Zikode interviewed by Vijay Prashad.
Decolonizing the Notion of Citizenship
Phumlani Majavu reflects on xenophobia in South Africa and, drawing from popular radical movements, argues for the idea of citizenship to be decolonised.
Abahlali baseMjondolo march against assassinations in Durban
Submitted by red jack on Oct 9 2018 15:01
More than 5 000 members of Abahlali baseMjondolo took to the streets of Durban yesterday to demand accountability for, and an end to, political violence being meted out against their comrades and other activists.
Abahlali baseMjondolo leader S’bu Zikode’s life is ‘in grave danger’
Submitted by red jack on Jul 9 2018 14:16
Abahlali baseMjondolo continues to be subject to assassination in Durban. This article, from the Daily Maverick in Johannesburg, reports on recent threats to the movement.
Death threats at Abahlali baseMjondolo land occupation near Johannesburg
Submitted by red jack on May 26 2018 13:44
On Tuesday 22 May 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo militant S'fiso Ngcobo was assassinated in a land occupation near Durban. Today, Saturday 26 May, death threats, and the presence of armed men, have been reported in an Abahlali baseMjondolo land occupation outside Johannesburg,
Another Abahlali baseMjondolo leader assassinated in Durban
Submitted by red jack on May 23 2018 14:23
Last night S'fiso Ngcobo, chairperson of his local Abahlali baseMjondolo branch was assassinated in Durban. Earlier in the day Ndumiso Mnguni, also an Abahlali baseMjondolo member, was shot and seriously wounded by Municipal security guards.
Forced Development, Demolitions, Flooding & Threats in Vusimuzi, Tembisa
Submitted by Mike Harman on Apr 25 2018 10:26
Vusimuzi settlement was founded in 1995 and is now being subject to forced demolition and flooding of existing homes due to new development.
Recent development in South Africa's land occupation movement
Submitted by Mike Harman on Apr 25 2018 10:05
Statement from the South African land occupation Abahlali baseMjondolo, on their growth in membership, new occupations of land, and the irrelevance of ANC's 'land reform'.
Unfreedom Day Rally: Freedom a figment of elite imagination, say 50,000 shack dwellers
Submitted by red jack on Apr 24 2018 07:17
An article from the mainstream media on the annual 'UnFreedom Day' rally held each year by Abahlali baseMjondolo in Durban as a counter event to the national public holiday 'Freedom Day'. Thousands of people, from various parts of the country, participated in the event. The movement affirmed its commitment to the collective ownership and democratic management of land, outside of the logic of capital.
South Africa: Land Expropriation from Below Faces Brutal Repression
Submitted by red jack on Mar 12 2018 16:42
As the ruling African National Congress promises, with an eye on a coming election and the collapse in its popular support under Jacob Zuma, to expropriate land without compensation urban land occupations continue, and continue to face serious repression from the ruling party and the state.
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