ANC eThekwini leaders accused of threatening shack-dwellers movement
Daniel Friedman, The Citizen The movement, which has seen three members assassinated in the last year, says it has been threatened with violence by the eThekwini ANC. Social movement Abahlali, which...
View ArticleSA’s road to freedom is stalked by death
Richard Pithouse, Mail & Guardian The political assassination is not a phenomenon that is restricted to KwaZulu-Natal. But there is no doubt that it is overwhelmingly concentrated in that province....
View ArticleViolent and Illegal Eviction Underway at the Barcelona 2 Transit Camp,...
Friday, 15 June 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Violent and Illegal Eviction Underway at the Barcelona 2 Transit Camp, Lamontville Mayor Zandile Gumede has started her ‘dealing’ with...
View ArticleAbahlali to Approach the Durban High Court for a Spoliation Order
Monday, 18 June 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement Abahlali to Approach the Durban High Court for a Spoliation Order “We are all amaMpondo!” Abahlali baseMjondolo will this morning approach the...
View ArticleThe Social Justice Coalition condemns threats & violence against our Abahlali...
The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) condemns threats and intimidation by ANC leaders in eThekwini against Abahlali baseMjondolo. The reports in the past week about eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede and...
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Court allows Durban evictees to return to their homes
GroundUp Lamontville Transit Camp residents were evicted on Friday by the City of eThekwini Residents of Lamontville Transit Camp were evicted by the City of eThekwini’s Security Management Unit and...
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Movimento de moradia denuncia ameaças do governo contra lideranças na África...
Brasil de Fato Desde novembro foram assassinadas ao menos três lideranças do maior movimento de moradores de favelas do país Redação São Paulo , 19 de Junho de 2018 às 18:13 Maior movimento de...
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Unrelenting in face of harassment, Shack-dwellers’ movement wins in court
The Dawn News Durban court orders municipality to reinstate 40 families that were evicted from a transit camp Image: AbM Pavan Kulkarni / The Dawn News / June 20, 2018 Resisting eviction in the face of...
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Dying for land and still overlooked – the other side of the coin
Daily Maverick Why it is that the political killings of party members and councillors receive notable public attention, while the murders of activists in a large and sustained movement of impoverished...
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Not wanted here, there or anywhere
Paddy Harper, Mail & Guardian 22 Jun 2018 00:00 Put to bed: Men move their possessions back after evictions last Friday at the Barcelona 2 transit camp in Lamontville. Abahlali baseMjondolo was...
View ArticleBahlali Bayanda: Building ubuhlali in Gauteng
23 June 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Bahlali Bayanda: Building ubuhlali in Gauteng Despite the attacks and repression that we face our movement continues to become a home for impoverished...
View ArticleFour-year-old child dies in Ekuphumeleleni, death threats continue
27 June 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Four-year-old child dies in Ekuphumeleleni, death threats continue A four-year-old boy was tragically killed by electrocution on Monday in our...
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Homeless and hopeless after fire ravages Good Hope
GroundUp “Why are people still living here despite the countless promises to move them?” asks activist A shack fire in Good Hope settlement in Ekhuruleni left at least ten families homeless. Photo:...
View ArticleAbahlali to Support Street Traders in their Protest in Durban Tomorrow
Thursday, 05 July 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Abahlali to Support Street Traders in their Protest in Durban Tomorrow The ANC in Durban continues to grow rich off impoverished people...
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Illegal Attacks on the Phumula Mqashi Land Occupation in Tembisa
Phumula Mqashi Land Occupation Friday, 6 July 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Illegal Attacks on the Phumula Mqashi Land Occupation in Tembisa On 13 February 2018 a large tract of empty land...
View ArticleOpen Assembly in eKukhayeni on Saturday
Friday, 06 July 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Open Assembly in eKukhayeni on Saturday Tomorrow our movement will hold an open, public assembly in eKukhayeni in Marianhill where S’fiso...
View ArticleOrganising in the Shadow of Death
Saturday, 7 July 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Organising in the Shadow of Death Since our movement was first formed in 2005 various factions of the elite – including in the ruling...
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The People Of Blinkbonnie Can Finally Call eNkanini Home
by Lizeka Mdaduna, The Daily Vox Kids are running around playing, it’s the school holidays. Elderly women are sitting outside in the sun; they say inside their houses it’s chilly. Enkanini, which...
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The Twentieth Newsletter (2018): Assassinations.
Dear Friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On Wednesday evening, in São Paulo (Brazil), I walked past a wall that had on it the slogan – Marielle...
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