Abahlali baseMjondolo said in a statement on Friday that the two men were alleged izinkabi (hitmen).
“We have witnessed a t least 40 people being killed in the hostels in Durban‚ particular in Umlazi and KwaMashu townships”‚ the movement said. “The provincial government has failed to act decisively to protect lives.” Continue reading
Friday, 29 January 2016
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement
ANC councillors facing murder charges to return to court
Two ANC councillors facing charges of murder, Mduduzi (Nqola) Christian Ngcobo and Luvelile Lutshelu, are due to appear in the Durban High Court on Monday, 1 February 2016. These alleged izinkabi (hitmen) are charged with assassinating Thuli Ndlovu, Abahlali baseMjondolo KwaNdengezi Chairperson and a senior leader member of our movement, on 29 September 2014. Both suspects are councillors of the ruling party and the party has protected them despite these serious allegations. We are told that they are still working for the party and receiving their normal salaries. Continue reading
Tuesday 26 January 2016
DURBAN – Two ANC councillors are expected back in the High Court in Durban on Tuesday.
They’re accused of the murder of activist, Thuli Ndlovu, of the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement in 2014.
On Monday Mduduzi Ngcobo and Velile Lutsheku were joined in the dock by the suspected hitman.
Several community members have died since 2012 as a result of political squabbles in KwaNdengezi. Continue reading
Thursday, October 08, 2015
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement
The First Annual Thuli Ndlovu Memorial Lecture
The First Annual Thuli Ndlovu Memorial Lecture, in honour of our comrade assassinated in KwaNdengezi on the 29th of September last year, was scheduled to take place on the 24th of September 2015.
The lecture was disturbed by the taxi strike that was going on at that time. Only 178 comrades were able to reach the venue on foot. A decision was taken to hold a meeting and to reschedule the lecture for another time. Continue reading
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement
The First Annual Thuli Ndlovu Lecture
Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA will be launching an annual lecture in honour of Thuli Ndlovu. Thuli Ndlovu was assassinated in cold blood on 29 September 2014. The first lecture will be held close to the first anniversary of the assassination, on 24 September 2015. We will continue to hold the Annual Thuli Ndlovu Lecture every year in September.
Thuli was a mother of two girls, a daughter, a fearless activist and the Chairperson of our branch in KwaNdengezi near Marianhill. She resisted the repressive and undemocratic practices of Nqola, an ANC ward councillor. She led the struggle against the sale of land and corruption in the allocation of land in KwaNdengezi by Nqola, one of the gangster councillors in the ANC in Durban. Continue reading