Comrades from the Mandela Complex protesting outside the Durban High Court – 27 January 2015

Comrades from the Mandela Complex protesting outside the Durban High Court – 27 January 2015. They have successfully secured an interdict stopping Jay Singh from moving new tenants into the flats from which the comrades were evicted in December after a one year occupation. The next legal step is to secure an order allowing them to return to the flats. The political struggle for land and housing continues outside the court, including at the ongoing occupation outside the block of flats. The Mandela Complex comrades return to court on the 5th of February 2015.

Locating Fanon in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Mabogo More

There is a huge re-emergence of Frantz Fanon’s ideas and an equally huge interest in his work in post-apartheid South Africa, both in the academy and social movement and organizations. Contrary to some commentators, particularly his biographers, this article aims to locate Fanon within the South African struggle for liberation. It is argued here that Fanon, throughout his life, as evidenced by his writings, was highly concerned about apartheid just as he was about French Algerian colonialism. For him, the paper claims, apartheid was synonymous with colonialism and therefore his critique of colonialism was just as much a critique of apartheid. The resurgence of his name and ideas in the country is a consequence of this critique.

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Locating Frantz Fanon in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Our Deepest Condolences to Jeff Guy’s Family

Our Deepest Condolences to Jeff Guy’s Family

Jeff Guy was a comrade to us as Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA. He has been one of the very few academics who stood with us during the difficult time of our movement. When our movement was under attack by both the state and regressive forces in 2009 and ‘friends’ disappeared Guy availed himself and offered Abahlali his support and solidarity through documenting the circumstances surrounding the attack. Jeff was principled, humbled and stood by the truth he lived for.

Abahlali has lost a friend and a real comrade, May his soul rest in peace.

We extend our deepest condolences to his children and entire family. We believe he has fulfilled his mandate on earth.

S’bu Zikode

International organizations call on South Africa to protect leaders of shack-dwellers from attacks

New York, 8 December 2014. The International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) sent a letter on December 5, 2014 to the President of the Republic of South Africa to express serious concern regarding a recent wave of alleged assassinations, threats, arbitrary detentions and other acts of violence and intimidation against leaders of Abahlali baseMjondolo.

Abahlali baseMjondolo (Abahlali) is a movement of shack dwellers of South Africa which campaigns to improve the living conditions of low income people living in informal settlements on the outskirts of South Africa’s major cities, in particular in relation to the right to adequate housing, access to essential services, and protection from forced evictions Continue reading →

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Press release-International organizations call on South Africa to protect leaders of shack-dwellers from attacks