Abahlali baseMjondolo

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

Abahlali baseMjondolo meeting in Durban

Abahlali baseMjondolo meeting in Durban

Abahlali baseMjondolo outside the Durban City Hall - 8 October 2018

Abahlali baseMjondolo march against assassinations in Durban

More than 5 000 members of Abahlali baseMjondolo took to the streets of Durban yesterday to demand…

S'bu Zikode

Abahlali baseMjondolo leader S’bu Zikode’s life is ‘in grave danger’

Abahlali baseMjondolo continues to be subject to assassination in Durban. This article, from the…

The Zikode Extension Land Occupation, East Rand, Johannesburg

Death threats at Abahlali baseMjondolo land occupation near Johannesburg

On Tuesday 22 May 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo militant S'fiso Ngcobo was assassinated in a land…

S'fiso Ngcobo

Another Abahlali baseMjondolo leader assassinated in Durban

Last night S'fiso Ngcobo, chairperson of his local Abahlali baseMjondolo branch was assassinated in…

Forced Development, Demolitions, Flooding & Threats in Vusimuzi, Tembisa

Vusimuzi settlement was founded in 1995 and is now being subject to forced demolition and flooding…

Recent development in South Africa's land occupation movement

Statement from the South African land occupation Abahlali baseMjondolo, on their growth in…

UnFreedom Day 2018

Unfreedom Day Rally: Freedom a figment of elite imagination, say 50,000 shack dwellers

An article from the mainstream media on the annual 'UnFreedom Day' rally held each year by Abahlali…

The Women's Riot in Cato Manor, Durban, 1959

South Africa: Land Expropriation from Below Faces Brutal Repression

As the ruling African National Congress promises, with an eye on a coming election and the collapse…

Garniston

The real land expropriation movement in South Africa

There has been a massive international reaction to the vote in South Africa to begin the process of land reform, but the ANC is not interested in…

Fanonian Practices in South Africa: From Steve Biko to Abahlali baseMjondolo

Fanonian Practices in South Africa: From Steve Biko to Abahlali baseMjondolo

Written by a leading Fanon scholar, and with an acute philosophical intelligence, Fanonian Practices…

Michael Neocosmos

Thinking freedom: achieving the impossible collectively

An interview with Michael Neocosmos first published by the Transnational Institute.

Abahlali baseMjondolo

Abahlali baseMjondolo activists kidnapped then tortured at house of local ward councillor

On Monday two members of Abahlali were attacked by unknown people in their Silver…