Abahlali baseMjondolo

Content by or about South African shack-dwellers' organisation Abahlali baseMjondolo.

Abahlali baseMjondolo meeting in Durban

Abahlali baseMjondolo meeting in Durban

Ayanda Ngila

Ayanda Ngila, a leader of the eKhenana Commune in Durban, South Africa, has been assassinated

Ayanda Ngidi was murdered by local ANC party thugs in Durban on 8 March 2022. His…

Lindokuhle Mnguni, Landu Shazi and Ayanda Ngila are returned to eKhenana

The Punishment is the Process (A human rights report on the repression of the eKhenana Commune)

A report by a human rights monitor on the repression of the eKhenana Commune -…

Lindokuhle Mnguni speaks at the eKhenana Commune after his release from prison

Statement of solidarity with the eKhenana Commune from Bishop Rubin Phillip

Bishop Rubin Phillip, a partisan of liberation theology and at one point the deputy to Steve Biko in…

South African Riots: The Social Crisis Erupts

In mid-July the social crisis in South Africa (SA) exploded in a week of rioting, looting and arson which swept across the provinces of KwaZulu…

The Frantz Fanon Political School, eKhenana Land Occupation, Durban

From Durban to the World

On 4 October 2020 Abahlali baseMjondolo celebrated fifteen years of struggle on a land occupation in Durban. This essay describes the day, and…

Abahlali baseMjondolo occupy central Durban, early 2020

Escalating State Xenophobia in South Africa

Since its formation in 2005 Abahlali baseMjondolo, which now has more than 70 000 members in good standing in Durban, has opposed xenophobia and…

Abahlali baseMjondol meeting, Durban, February 2020

Coronavirus: A Call for Solidarity in a Time of Crisis

Statement on the coronavirus crisis from Abahlali baseMjondolo.

Abahlali baseMjondol meeting, Durban, February 2020

Revolutionary Ubuntu: The Shackdwellers' Movement of South Africa

A collection of statements and other materials from and relating to Abahlali baseMjondolo, edited by…

Abahlali baseMjondolo outside the Durban City Hall - 24 February 2019

March for 'the total decommodification of land' in Durban, South Africa

Today, Abahlali baseMjondolo, from a base on more than seventy ongoing land occupations, and with a…

ANC: The Chosen Party for South African Capitalism

The victory of the ANC in the South African election has yet again shown it is the capitalists’ chosen party for running South African capitalism…

Abahlali baseMjondolo protest against assassinations - 8 October 2018

The Homemade Politics of Abahlali baseMjondolo, South Africa’s Shack Dweller Movement

S'bu Zikode interviewed by Vijay Prashad.

Abahlali baseMjondolo outside the Durban City Hall - 8 October 2018

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…