12 April 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

The floods have affected the poorest of the poor the most

Every disaster in Durban – from the hard lockdown to the riots, fires and floods – hits the poor the hardest. Natural disasters become entwined with political disasters, often resulting in devastation for the poor.

Since 2005 we have been saying that the conditions under which we are forced to live in a repressive society are dangerous as well as undignified.

The floods in KwaZulu-Natal have devastated many shack settlements, and some rural areas too. Some people were rescued as the rivers burst their banks but many lives have been lost. Continue reading →

21 March 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

Human rights only exist on paper for the poor

Yesterday we buried Ayanda Ngila in Port St. Johns. The day before we buried Siyabonga Manqele in eShowe. Ayanda was murdered by ANC thugs and Siyabonga was murdered by the police. This is the reality of how the ruling party and the state respond when the oppressed insist on the recognition of our human dignity and yet today they tell us that we must celebrate our human rights, and that these rights were brought to us by the ANC. Continue reading →

18 March 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

This weekend we lay two comrades to rest

On Saturday Siyabonga Manqele, a member of our movement, will be laid to rest in eMasundwini, eShowe. He was murdered during an attack on the eNkanini Occupation by masked police officers on Friday last week. He shot in the back of the head. He was unarmed at the time of the shooting. Continue reading →

12 March 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo Emergency Press Statement

Masked police officers murder resident of the eNkanini Occupation

Last night, at around 11pm, a large number of police officers arrived at the eNkanini Occupation in Cato Crest, not far from the eKhenana Commune. The number plates had been removed from their cars, and their faces were masked. They had someone with them, also masked, who took them to particular homes. The residents report that they thought that the police officers were not local, and that they heard them saying that they had a list of ten people to arrest. Continue reading →

11 March 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press statement

We honour our leader Ayanda Ngila this Sunday

This Sunday, 13th March 2022 at 10 am, we will be holding a memorial service for our fallen hero, Ayanda Ngila, whose blood has nourished our struggle for land, housing, dignity and socialism. The memorial service will take place in eKhenana, where his life was finally taken.

When he was assassinated Ayanda was wearing a Steve Biko T-shirt with the writing “It’s better to die for an idea that is going to live than to live for an idea that is going to die”. He looked up to Biko’s ideal. After the assassination Ayanda’s uncle told us that well before the killers came for him the family had accepted that Ayanda would have to give his life to the struggle, and that they understood and respected his decision to commit to the struggle.  Continue reading →

SOCIALIST MOVEMENT OF GHANA (SMG)

STATEMENT OF CONDEMNATION

The Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG) mourns the assassination of Comrade Ayanda Ngila, Deputy Chairperson of eKhanana Occupation of South Africa’s militant Shack Dwellers Movement Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM). Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family and loved ones and to all our comrades of AbM. Continue reading →

08 marzo 2022
Comunicato stampa di Abahlali baseMjondolo

Ayanda Ngila è stato ucciso presso la Comune di eKhenana.

Ayanda Ngila un leader della Comune di eKhenana, un giovane coraggioso, brillante e impegnato, un leader visionario d’ ispirazione per tutti noi è stato ucciso oggi poco prima delle 3 del pomeriggio.

Quattro uomini sono entrati nella Comune dal lato del fiume dove si trova l’orto comune e hanno iniziato a sparare ad Ayanda mentre stava lavorando alla pompa di irrigazione.
L’attacco è stato guidato da Khaya Ngubane fratello di Ntokozo Ngubane e figlio di NS Ngubane.
Questo è il gruppo dell’Africa National Congress che ha costantemente portato false testimonianze contro i nostri membri, che ha ordinato alla polizia chi doveva essere arrestato e chi no, che ha cospirato con il magistrato in capo quando i nostri compagni dovevano apparire in corte. Ha bruciato case, vandalizzato le infrastrutture della Comune e ha agito con totale impunità contro i nostri membri. Continue reading →

9 March 2022

And He Shall Inherit the Earth: Kairos Center statement on the murder of Ayanda Ngila

We are currently in the season of Lent, a time of both struggle and lament. We at the Kairos Center and the Freedom Church of the Poor cry out in righteous anger and sorrow at the murder this week of Ayanda Ngila. Ayanda was a young and brilliant leader and organizer with Abahlali baseMjondolo (the shack dwellers movement) in South Africa, who was killed by members of a group connected to the Durban ANC.  Continue reading →

Solidarity Statement for Abahlali BaseMjondolo in the face of Death

To all Abahlali Comrades, family and friends of the late Ayanda Ngila:

Church Land Programme is appalled by the senseless killing of Ayanda Ngila on the 8th March 2022 at his settlement eKhenana. Another sacred life taken; another precious family member ripped from his loved ones; another Abahlali member persecuted and silenced. We mourn and cry out with you in pain and anger – stop these attacks! Continue reading →

PUDEMO MOURNS THE PASSING AWAY OF LAND ACTIVIST CDE AYANDA NGILA
Released: 09 March 2022

The People’s United Democratic Movement has received the sad news of the untimely passing and brutal murder of land activists and Abahlali Basemjondolo Movement leader, Comrade Ayanda Ngila. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the Abahlali Basemjondolo Movement, his family and the entire Socialist Movement. Continue reading →