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The trial for our damages claim from the 2009 attack in Kennedy Road begins at the Durban High Court today
Monday, 11 March 2019 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement The trial for our damages claim from the 2009 attack in Kennedy Road begins at the Durban High Court today From the moment when our movement was formed in 2005 the ANC claimed that we were ‘the third force’ and treated us as illegitimate. We faced constant […]
Dishonest statements by MEC Ravi Pillay
Friday, 1 March 2019 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement Dishonest statements by MEC Ravi Pillay On 13 February the Durban High Court granted our movement an interdict against the eThekwini municipality’s repeated violent and illegal evictions against the eKhenana land occupation in Cato Crest. The interdict protects 109 named families against illegal eviction. The roots of […]
Death Threats in Durban
The London Review of Books Blog Harry Stopes 5 November 2018 The last time I was in South Africa, in 2015, I met with members of Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), an organisation of informally housed people, based mainly in Durban and the surrounding KwaZulu-Natal region. The group’s name means ‘Shack Dwellers’. I was added to their mailing list. […]
Sindi Mkhize: Living in the shadow of death
New Frame By Zandile Bangani Photography Rogan Ward 20 September 2018. Sindi Mkhize. Her husband, S’bu Zikode, has recently been subject to threats and warnings of an imminent assassination. Abahlali baseMjondolo is a movement of shackdwellers and other impoverished people, such as street traders, that began in Clare Estate in Durban in 2005. It now has […]