Abahlali baseMjondolo march against assassinations in Durban
Submitted by red jack on Oct 9 2018 15:01
More than 5 000 members of Abahlali baseMjondolo took to the streets of Durban yesterday to demand accountability for, and an end to, political violence being meted out against their comrades and other activists.
Abahlali baseMjondolo leader S’bu Zikode’s life is ‘in grave danger’
Submitted by red jack on Jul 9 2018 14:16
Abahlali baseMjondolo continues to be subject to assassination in Durban. This article, from the Daily Maverick in Johannesburg, reports on recent threats to the movement.
Another Abahlali baseMjondolo leader assassinated in Durban
Submitted by red jack on May 23 2018 14:23
Last night S'fiso Ngcobo, chairperson of his local Abahlali baseMjondolo branch was assassinated in Durban. Earlier in the day Ndumiso Mnguni, also an Abahlali baseMjondolo member, was shot and seriously wounded by Municipal security guards.
Unfreedom Day Rally: Freedom a figment of elite imagination, say 50,000 shack dwellers
Submitted by red jack on Apr 24 2018 07:17
An article from the mainstream media on the annual 'UnFreedom Day' rally held each year by Abahlali baseMjondolo in Durban as a counter event to the national public holiday 'Freedom Day'. Thousands of people, from various parts of the country, participated in the event. The movement affirmed its commitment to the collective ownership and democratic management of land, outside of the logic of capital.
South Africa: Land Expropriation from Below Faces Brutal Repression
Submitted by red jack on Mar 12 2018 16:42
As the ruling African National Congress promises, with an eye on a coming election and the collapse in its popular support under Jacob Zuma, to expropriate land without compensation urban land occupations continue, and continue to face serious repression from the ruling party and the state.
Strikes in Durban, 1973
Gerhard Maré's study of the 1973 strikes of nearly one hundred thousand workers in Durban, South Africa.
A return to repression in Durban: activist shot in the back
Submitted by red jack on Mar 31 2017 10:51
After the conviction and sentencing of two ANC councillors for the murder of an Abahlali baseMjondolo activist in May 2016 there was a marked decline in the repression faced by Abahlali baseMjondolo. But the recent shooting of an activist in the Bhambayi land occupation seems to mark a return to repression.
A Short Course in Politics at the University of Abahlali baseMjondolo
Raj Patel on participatory democracy in Abahlali baseMjondolo in Durban, South Africa.
Another Abahlali baseMjondolo comrade has just been assassinated in Durban
Submitted by red jack on Sep 29 2014 18:43
South African shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo have just announced that Thuli Ndlovu, their Chairperson in KwaNdengezi has been assassinated. As the statement below indicates there had been serious threats against another comrade, Ndabo Mzimela, but the hammer of oppression fell elsewhere. The Marikana Land Occupation has been attacked by the ANC since this statement was issued. It seems that the Land Invasions Unit stood back and let the party members do the work. A women who tried to resist was attacked and injured with a spade.
They are using Facebook for live updates.
Land occupations continue in Durban
Submitted by red jack on Sep 15 2014 15:15
South African shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo report on the illegal eviction of shacks in an occupied settlement by municipal authorities.
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