Ayanda Ngila, a leader of the eKhenana Commune in Durban, South Africa, has been assassinated Ayanda Ngidi was murdered by local ANC party thugs in Durban on 8 March 2022. His…
The Punishment is the Process (A human rights report on the repression of the eKhenana Commune) A report by a human rights monitor on the repression of the eKhenana Commune -…
Statement of solidarity with the eKhenana Commune from Bishop Rubin Phillip Bishop Rubin Phillip, a partisan of liberation theology and at one point the deputy to Steve Biko in…
Mountains and massacres Many who gathered on the ‘koppie’ in Marikana in 2012 were from emaMpondweni with direct links to those who met on Ngquza Hill during the Mpondo…
South African Riots: The Social Crisis Erupts In mid-July the social crisis in South Africa (SA) exploded in a week of rioting, looting and arson which swept across the provinces of KwaZulu…
From Durban to the World On 4 October 2020 Abahlali baseMjondolo celebrated fifteen years of struggle on a land occupation in Durban. This essay describes the day, and…
Women & the Covid-19 Crisis in South Africa These two statements from the women's organisation in Abahlali baseMjondolo, the largest popular movement to have emerged in post-apartheid South…
Escalating State Xenophobia in South Africa Since its formation in 2005 Abahlali baseMjondolo, which now has more than 70 000 members in good standing in Durban, has opposed xenophobia and…
Democracy as a Community of Life Achille Mbembe investigates the possibility of reimagining democracy not only as a form of human mutuality and freedom, but also as a community…
