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Zabalaza, Unfinished struggles against apartheid: the shackdwellers' movement in Durban
Talk to us … not about us.
Abahlali T Shirt
“We are on our own”: The Birth of a new movement
The struggle that started in Kennedy Road was the beginning
of a new era.
S’bu Zikode
On March 19th 2005, in a scene reminiscent of the anti-apartheid struggle, 750 Black shackdwellers barricaded a major ring road in Durban, fighting the police for four hours. By this time the shackdwellers had been waiting patiently for Nelson Mandela’s historic 1994 election promise of housing to be realized. These promised houses were to be built on a nearby piece of land.
