Martes, 8 de marzo de 2022 – Comunicado de Abahlali baseMjondolo

Ayanda Ngila acaba de ser asesinado en eKhenana

Ayanda Ngila, líder de la comuna de eKhenana, un joven brillante y comprometido, un líder visionario, acaba de ser asesinado en eKhenana. Cuatro hombres entraron a la comuna por el lado del río, donde está el jardín comunal, y atacaron a Ayanda cuando estaba trabajando en las tuberías de riego.

El ataque fue dirigido por Khaya Ngubane, hermano de Ntokozo Ngubane e hijo de NS Ngubane. Este es el grupo del ANC (Congreso Nacional Africano) que constantemente ha dado falso testimonio contra nuestros miembros, ordenó a la policía que arrestara y no arrestara, entraba y salía de la oficina del Magistrado Jefe cuando nuestros camaradas comparecían ante el tribunal, quemaba casas, destrozaba la infraestructura en la Comuna y actuó con total impunidad contra nuestros afiliados. Continue reading →

Tuesday, 8 March 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement

Ayanda Ngila has been murdered at eKhenana

Ayanda Ngila, a leader in the eKhenana Commune, a brave, brilliant and committed young man, a visionary leader, a shining inspiration, was murdered at eKhenana just before 3 this afternoon. Four men entered the commune from the river side, where the communal garden is, and started shooting at Ayanda as he was working on the irrigation pipping.

The attack was led Khaya Ngubane, brother to Ntokozo Ngubane and son to NS Ngubane. This is the ANC group that has constantly borne false witness against our members, directed the police who to arrest and not to arrest, moved in and out of the office of the Chief Magistrate when our comrades appear in court, burnt homes, vandalised the infrastructure on the Commune and acted with total impunity against our members. Continue reading →

Mardi, 8 Mars 2022
Communiqué de Presse du mouvement Abahlali baseMjondolo

Ayanda Ngila vient d’être assassiné à eKhenana.

Ayanda Ngila, un leader de la commune d’eKhenana, un jeune homme brillant et engagé, un leader visionnaire, vient d’être assassiné à eKhenana. Quatre hommes sont entrés dans la commune par le côté de la rivière, où se trouve le jardin communal, et ont attaqué Ayanda alors qu’il travaillait sur les tuyaux d’irrigation.

L’attaque a été menée par Khaya Ngubane, frère de Ntokozo Ngubane et fils de NS Ngubane. C’est ce groupe de l’ANC qui ne cesse de porter de faux témoignages contre nos membres, de dire à la police qui arrêter et ne pas arrêter, d’entrer et de sortir du bureau du premier magistrat lorsque nos camarades comparaissent devant le tribunal, de brûler des maisons, de vandaliser les infrastructures de la commune et d’agir en toute impunité contre nos membres. Continue reading →

8 March 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement

Violent ANC attack on the eKhenana Commune on Sunday night – activists hospitalised.

The eKhenana Commune in Cato Manor, Durban, has come under sustained violent assault from both the state and the ANC, with the local ANC working closely with the local police.
In recent months there have been more than forty arrests of Abahlali activists on trumped up charges as the local ANC and the police have sought to crush the Commune. These cases range from public violence – which has been the standard bogus charge brought against activists since our movement was formed in 2005 – to more serious charges such as attempted murder, conspiracy to kill state witnesses and murder. Activists have been denied bail and kept in jail for as long as six months before the spurious charges against them are dropped. Some activists have swiftly been arrested on a second bogus charge soon after being released from prison after a first bogus charge is dropped. Continue reading →

24 February 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA Press statement

Our lives continue to count for nothing as the Vusimuzi community loses everything in floods

This year marks twenty-eight years since the evil system of apartheid was abolished after a long and very hard fight by black South Africans who resisted oppression with great courage. However, that struggle has been betrayed by the ANC.

One of the many consequences of that betrayal is that millions of people continue to have to live in shacks, under very difficult and dangerous conditions. Continue reading →

Thursday, 10 February 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo

We welcome the strong social dimensions of the expert panel report on the July riots

The poor are systematically excluded from formal discussions in South Africa. We are usually not treated as if we are citizens, or even as human beings. It is often the norm that when grassroots organisation are actually engaged by commission of inquiries and panels our voices do not appear when the reports are released. It is as if elites just can’t hear us when we speak.
The Expert Panel Report on the July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng led by Professor Sandy Africa is an exception. When we were called to the panel we thought that it was just one more of those ticking box exercises by the government. However, many of the issues that we have raised in during the panel finding are reflected in the report. Continue reading →

Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Abahlali press statement

Repression continues in eKhenana. Another court victory for the women of eKhenana

The alliance between the local ANC, the eThekwini municipality and the Cato Manor police continues to terrorise the community of the eKhenana Commune. All the cases, which are ten, opened by Abahlali members remain ignored and not investigated. These crimes against our members include attempted murders, assault, burning of property (including two homes), theft and lying in court. The police have refused to act against the perpetrators on the instruction of the local ANC chief, Mr NS Ngubane. However, each time the local ANC members report lies the police jump to arrest our members without any evidence being brought before a court of law. Our members have repeatedly been arrested on trumped up charges and then often denied bail and detained in prison, sometimes for up to six months. Continue reading →

Thursday, 3 February 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement

The Msunduzi Municipality engages the ANC, not the people

On the 28th of January residents of the Jika Joe settlement in Pietermartizburg took to the streets after a long history of state abandonment going back to 1994. For more than a quarter of a century the Msunduzi Municipality had failed to address the inhumane conditions in the settlement, and had failed completely to address the issue of housing despite numerous promises. At the same time the taxi mafia and local politicians were supporting the landlords who were extracting rent from the residents.

As a result of the road blockades organised on 28 January, which shut down the city, the municipal Speaker, Eunice Majola, was forced to come and address the community. She promised to come back to the community with a response after meeting with the officials in the Human Settlements department. She spoke like a leader that was not biased and as leader that was prepared to solve the issue with the community. Her good faith was noted and appreciated.  Continue reading →

30 January, 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo

Jika Joe Residents Grab the Bull by the Horns

On Thursday morning residents of the Jika Joe settlement in the Msunduzi Municipality blockaded the roads leading into Pietermaritzburg, the capital city of KwaZulu-Natal. They shut down the city.

The army was brought in but it was the taxi mafia that actually attacked the protestors. Sandiso Mazendala was shot after drivers from the Masukwana taxi rank opened fire at protestors after they refused to dismantle a blockade. They also assaulted Bongekile Madlala. Mazendala is in a critical condition in Northdale hospital. Continue reading →

19 January 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement

The elections are over and the politicians have already forgotten about the poor

Our movement was formed on the basis of living politics. A politic that speaks about the fact that the poor still live under very inhuman conditions, the fact that we still do not have land, that we do not have even basic services such as water, sanitation and refuse collection in the shacks, the fact that the fires come year after year. Ipolitiki ephilayo has been our way of living. It is the politic of Land, Housing and Dignity, the politic of solidarity the politic of building the democratic power of the oppressed from below.  Continue reading →