Abahlali baseMjondolo

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

Abahlali baseMjondolo meeting in Durban

Abahlali baseMjondolo meeting in Durban

Abahlali: We were promised homes for all, not just for ANC party members

South African shack dwellers' direct action movement Abahlali baseMjondolo on the death and legacy…

Nqobile Nzuza

Another Abahlali baseMjondolo activist murdered in Durban, this time by the police

Nqobile Nzuza, 17 years, old was shot dead by the police yesterday morning on a road blockade. She…

Abahlali baseMjondolo occupy central Durban, 16 September 2013

Abahlali baseMjondolo organise march of thousands in Durban in protest at repression

This article is from the mainstream press in South Africa. But it gives a good enough account of the…

Nkululeko Gwala

Photograph of Nkululeko Gwala - Abahlali baseMjondolo activist assassinated in Durban on 26 June 2013.

Abahlali baseMjondolo activists

Abahlali baseMjondolo activist Nkululeko Gwala assassinated in Durban, South Africa

Nkululeko Gwala was assassinated on 26 June 2013. He is the third Abahlali baseMjondolo activist to…

Lindela 'Mashumi' Figlan

A biography of Abahlali baseMjondolo militant, Lindela Figlan, from late September 2012.

The Marikana mine workers massacre – a massive escalation in the war on the poor

Ayanda Kota from South African shack dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo reports on the…

Families of those killed demonstrate against police

Solidarity with mine workers at Marikana Platinum

This statement from South African shack dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo on the massacre at Marikana Platinum has just come out on their…

The Land belongs to the People: The Government of Cape Town Violates the Rights of the Poor

Carmen Ludwig on the struggle from Cape Town - appropriation from below and repression from above.

No Easy Path Through the Embers

A reflection on the repression of Abahlali baseMjondolo at the hands of the ANC in the wake of the case against the Kennedy 12 being thrown out of court.

South Africa: ANC frame up of Abahlali baseMjondolo militants thrown out of court

The 12 Abahlali baseMjondolo activists arrested after the attack on the movement in late 2009 have all been fully acquitted in court - and the state excoriated from the bench for its failed attempt to frame the 12.

Fanonian Practices and the Politics of Space in Post-Apartheid South Africa

A Fanonian critique of the politics of space in post-apartheid South Africa.