Abahlali baseMjondolo

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

Abahlali baseMjondolo meeting in Durban

Abahlali baseMjondolo meeting in Durban

Shackdwellers Protest in Mamelodi - March 2010

The High Cost of the Right to the City

Notes from a meeting of Abahlali baseMjondolo in preparation for the World Urban Forum (WUF): “The Right to the City”.

Abahlali basemjondolo Occupy Central Durban on 22 March 2010 -'Human Rights Day'

Abahlali basemjondolo Occupy Central Durban for the First Time Since the Attacks in September Last Year

Around 3 000 Abahlali baseMjondolo (ABM) members braved serious intimidation from…

Abahlali baseMjondolo Has Launched Four New Branches Since the Attack on the Movement in September Last Year

AbM suffered a major set back after they were attacked by a state backed militia…

New Wave of Repression in South Africa

An overview of the situation in the wake of the attacks on Abahlali baseMjondolo (reposted from Indy Media UK).

Bedtime Stories in Durban

Looking back on the September attacks on Abahlali baseMjondolo members in Kennedy Road, Durban, Raj Patel, author of 'Stuffed & Starved' and 'The Value of Nothing' profiles the views of key Abahlali activists including S’bu Zikode, Zodwa Nsibande and Mazwi Nzimande. Though strongly disrupted by the African National Congress-led (ANC) attack in September, Abahlali has continued to meet, while the absence of its…

Symbol of Hope Silenced

English student Sarah Cooper-Knock responds to the attack on Abahlali baseMjondolo by a state backed ethnic militia.

A Short History of Shacks & Shack Dweller's Struggles in Durban

A short overview of the history of shacks and shack dwellers struggles in Durban with a focus on enclosure, insurgent commoning, and the politics of space.

Michael Neocosmos on the Political Meaning of the Attacks on Abahlali baseMjondolo

An essay by Michael Neocosmos on the political significance of the attacks on Abahlali baseMjondolo and the state of democracy in South Africa. He also develops a periodisation of the failures of post-apartheid democracy.

AbM: Pemary Ridge Thirteen Released, Kennedy Thirteen Still in Detention

As the new wave of state repression against Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) continues the Pemary Ridge Thirteen have been released but the Kennedy Road Thirteen remain in the notorious Westville prison. Bishop Rubin Phillip, who was Steve Biko's Deputy in the South African Student's Organisation in 1969, has called for their immediate release.

Party Politic vs Living Politic in Kennedy Road

This lecture critiques devastating role of party politics in society which divides and controls people. It argues for living politics which…

Statement in support of Abahlali baseMjondolo

Statement by Noam Chomsky, Slavoj Zizek and others in support of Abahlali baseMjondolo

Living Learning

An introduction to the new pamphlet by Abahlali baseMjondolo launched in Pinetown (near Durban) at an event attended by hundreds of people, two days before the ANC militia attacked Kennedy…