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Abahlali on DemocracyNow!

Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Thu, 2009-10-01 21:35. | | | | | |

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JUAN GONZALEZ: We end today with a look at South Africa, which is poised to host the World Cup, the premier international football competition, next year. While Durban completes the finishing touches on its new stadium, thousands of the city’s poor who live in sprawling informal settlements are threatened with eviction by the ruling African National Congress’s, or ANC’s, slum clearance policies.

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From the Ground

Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Sat, 2010-07-31 15:24. | | | |


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La universidad de la lucha: tras el recurso de inconstitucionalidad contra la ley "para la destrucción del chabolismo", la lucha continúa...

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Mazwi Nzimande

Submitted by Abahlali_3 on Fri, 2009-07-24 12:51. | | |

Mazwi Nzimande

Mazwi Nzimande was elected as the first chairperson of the Abahlali baseMjondolo Youth League on 16 June 2008. He was re-elected to the position on 16 June 2009.

Mazwi is 18 years old and in his final year at Protea Secondary School in Chatsworth Durban. He lives in the Joe Slovo settlement which is between Chatsworth and Lamontville and is an additional member of the Joe Slovo Abahlali baseMjondolo Committee.

He has been involved in many struggles against evictions and police harassment and has worked in solidarity campaigns for Abahlali baseMjondolo activists who have been arrested. He has qualified as a people’s electrician at the University of Abahlali baseMjondolo and has worked closely with Philani Zungu on Operation Khanyisa. He has been particularly involved in appropriating free access to electricity in the Joe Slovo and Pemary Ridge settlements.

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