Abahlali Continues to Grow and to Occupy and Hold Land
24 April 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA Press Statement Abahlali Continues to Grow and to Occupy and Hold Land Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA held a successful UnFreedom Day Rally in Durban...
View ArticleUnfreedom Day Rally: Freedom a figment of elite imagination, say 50,000 shack...
Dennis Webster, Daily Maverick Abahlali used its UnFreedom Day rally to repeat a call for progressive political movements in South Africa to transcend the limits of the factory floor or the shack...
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A New Land Occupation in Germiston
12 May 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement A New Land Occupation in Germiston Last night more than two hundred people occupied unused land in Germiston, on the East Rand in Gauteng. We laid out...
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Abahlali continue to resist on the Zikode Extension Land Occupation on the...
13 May 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Abahlali continue to resist on the Zikode Extension Land Occupation on the East Rand in Gauteng Abahlali baseMjondolo in Gauteng who are currently in...
View ArticleLand occupation defies a broken system
Xolisa Phillip, Business Day Visit any black area in the Eastern Cape and you will find a section called eNdlovini. This has a double meaning: the first literal translation is “at the elephant/place of...
View ArticleSAFTU condemns assassination of S’fiso Ngcobo
25 May 2018 SAFTU condemns assassination of S’fiso Ngcobo The South African Federation of Trade Unions strongly condemns the assassination of S’fiso Ngcobo, chairperson of the eKukhanyeni branch of...
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The Thirteenth Newsletter of the Tricontinental (Venezuela)
The Thirteenth Newsletter (2018): Venezuela MAY 25, 2018 | Dear Friends, Last Sunday, the Venezuelan people went to vote. It was a vote of great contention. A majority of people voted for the...
View ArticleDying for Land – KZN assassinations continue
Greg Nicolson, The Daily Maverick As the land debate rages and occupations continue across the country, two members of the shack-dwellers’ movement Abahlali baseMjondolo were shot this week. The group...
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Death Threats by Armed Men Against Leaders in the Zikode Extension Occupation
Saturday, 26 May 2018 Zikode Extension Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Death Threats by Armed Men Against Leaders in the Zikode Extension Occupation Today is day 16 of the Zikode Extension Land...
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S’fiso Ngcobo: Land rights activist who was snubbed by town hall
Obituary for S’fiso Ngcobo This obituary for S’fiso Ngcobo was published in the Sunday Times today.
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The Road Blockades are Up on the East Rand
28 May 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Road Blockade, East Rand The Road Blockades are Up on the East Rand For years we have tried to talk to the politicians and officials in the Ekurhuleni...
View ArticleMemorial service for Comrade S’fiso Ngcobo
1 May 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Memorial service for Comrade S’fiso Ngcobo Today Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement will hold a memorial service for our fallen Comrade, and chairperson of...
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Motala Heights: Child shot in Land Invasion Unit raid
Motala Heights: Child shot by Land Invasion Unit
View ArticleNew Abahlali branch to be named in honour of S’fiso Ngcobo
Friday, 1 June 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement New Abahlali branch to be named in honour of S’fiso Ngcobo Yesterday Abahlali baseMjondolo held a powerful memorial service at eKukhanyeni in...
View ArticleAbahlali murders show that your right to speaks still depends on where you live
Steven Friedman, Business Day Will those of us who are free to speak ever hear those who are not? Last weekend, the shack dweller movement Abahlali baseMjondolo buried S’fiso Ngcobo, who was chair of...
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Paying in Blood for a Shack to Call Home
A full page article on S’bu Zikode, published in the Sunday Times, on 3 June 2018. S’bu was interviewed by the journalist at the funeral for S’fiso Ngcobo. Sunday Times profile in S’bu Zikode
View ArticleSerious Threats Made Against our Movement by Leaders in the eThekwini ANC
Thursday, 14 June 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Serious Threats Made Against our Movement by Leaders in the eThekwini ANC At the Executive Committee meeting of the eThekwini Municipality...
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