Abahlali baseMjondolo

Michael Neocosmos on the rising tide of politics at a distance from the state in…

Article based on interviews with South African shack dwellers about their views of what constitutes 'democracy', stressing the need for those in struggle to set their own agenda rather than have it set by professional activists.

This is a longer version of an article by Richard Pithouse first published in Voices of Resistance from Occupied London in October 2007. It gives a useful basic overview of Abahlali baseMjondolo from its founding in early 2005 to late 2007.

Abahlali baseMjondolo press release in response to media confusion between Abahlali and the World Bank sponsored NGO Slum Dwellers International (SDI), critiquing mainstream development discourse. A press release from SDI is also provided.

Six activists from the Abahlali baseMjondolo in court on murder charges have been released with all charges dropped.

S'bu Zikode wrote this article in early 2007 when he was finally forced out of his job at a petrol station as punishment for his political activities with Abahlali baseMjondolo. As of March 2008 he remains unemployed.

Article restating Abahlali baseMjondolo's anti-statist, anti-electoral politics seen as more or less…

Philani Zungu's article arguing against the lip-service of politicians of 'service delivery' to…

S'bu Zikode's article after Abahlali baseMjondolo's successful anti-electoral campaign in 2006.

This list of police abuses suffered by Abahlali baseMjondolo between 19 March 2005 and 13 November 2007 is an important document of record.

This article by Richard Pithouse, first published in Monthly Review, charts the rise of the militant South African shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo which first emerged in 1995 and has gone from strength to strength since then despite severe state repression.