by Daneel Knoetze, GroundUp

Abahlali baseMjondolo’s Western Cape branch relaunched at the Sweethome Farm informal settlement on Saturday. Re-elected chairperson Siyamboleka James spoke to GroundUp about the movement’s hopes to expand in the city, to renew negotiations with council for accountable service delivery, and about why there is no prospect of them working with Ses’khona People’s Rights Movement.

Siya James, AbM’s only branch chairman working in a DA led municipality, this week again reasserted that the movement’s decision to endorse the DA nationally, ahead of the elections earlier this year, does not amount to an endorsement of the DA’s dominion in the City of Cape Town. Continue reading →