Abahlali baseMjondolo

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

Abahlali baseMjondolo meeting in Durban

Abahlali baseMjondolo meeting in Durban

Taking Poverty Seriously: What the poor are saying and why it matters

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.

The University of Abahlali baseMjondolo

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.

Neither the march nor the money are ours

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.

All charges dropped against Kennedy 6

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

When choices can no longer be choices - S'bu Zikode

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.

The 'No Land, No House, No Vote' campaign still on for 2009

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

From party politics to service delivery to the politics of the poor

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

We are the restless majority - S'bu Zikode

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

The police and Abahlali baseMjondolo

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

Struggle is a school: the rise of a shack dwellers movement in Durban, South Africa

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.