Friday, 25 November 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement

16 Days of Activism

To be in movement means to be in permanent struggle, every day, every week, every year. For us this includes working to build democratic women’s power in struggle and in movement. However, it is important for our movement to connect to annual national campaigns when they align with our goals.

The Abahlali baseMjondolo Women’s League will hold an event in support of the 16 Days of Activism campaign on 27 November 2022 at Dennis Hurley Centre. The programme is starting at 9:00am and will run to 15:00 pm. Continue reading →

Saturday, 12 November 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement

The Norwegian ambassador will visit eKhenena today

This morning Saturday, 12 November, the Norwegian Ambassador to South Africa will visit the eKhenana Commune. Abahlali will give the Ambassador a warm welcome to the Commune.

We have faced waves of different kinds of repression since our movement was formed, but this year has been the most devastating with four of our leaders being killed in the struggle for land, housing and dignity. Continue reading →

31 October 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

Today we celebrate with our comrades in the MST!

The people have Brazil have spoken.

Lula da Silva from the Workers Party (PT) has been elected to be the president of Brazil again. The results were announced yesterday, 30 October 2022. This comes after Lula had endured suffering from the far-right government led by Jair Bolsonaro who imprisoned Lula.  Continue reading →

Tuesday, 04 October 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement

Building International Pressure Against Repression

We have lost four comrades this year. One was murdered by a masked police officer and the other three were murdered by the izinkabi. We have lost a total of twenty-four comrades since our movement was founded on 4 October 2005.

The attack on our movement has moved the world.

We have received solidarity from movements and organisations across the Global South, and across Africa. Last week our president, S’bu Zikode, our Deputy President, Mqapheli Bonono, and our General Secretary, Thapelo Mohapi, undertook a mission to Europe to build solidarity. Continue reading →

SERI’s Community Practice Notes reflect on the socioeconomic struggles of social movements and community-based networks in different contexts in South Africa.

Attachments

AbM Practice Note

27 September 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement

 Despite Repression our Movement Continues to Grow

Our movement successfully held two events in two different provinces on Heritage Day. The Thuli Ndlovu Lecture took place in both Durban in KwaZulu-Natal and in Tembisa in Gauteng. The events were well attended.

This keynote lecture in Gauteng was delivered at the Zikode Village Occupation by Bathabile Makhoba, and in KwaZulu-Natal the lecture was delivered at the YMCA Hall in Durban by Thapelo Mohapi.  Continue reading →

Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement

Abahlali condemns the attack on the family home of the PUDEMO president

The movement for democracy in Swaziland continues to be under attack from the dictatorship of the monarch, Mswati. Mswati continues to repress those who are fighting for freedom in the country.

In the early hours of this morning the home of the president of PUDEMO, Lungisa Mkhanya, was petrol bombed and burnt to the ground. This is a clear indication that the regime is attacking any democratic formation that wants to see the people of Swaziland liberated from the monarchy.  Continue reading →

PRESS STATEMENT
14 SEPTEMBER 2022
CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR URGENT NATIONAL INTERVENTION TO PROTECT ABAHLALI BASEMJONDOLO

On Friday, 9 September 2022, the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) sent a letter concerning the ongoing attacks on Abahlali baseMjondolo to various members of the South African executive and legislature, as well as commissioners of regional and international human rights organisations. The letter received the endorsement of over 140 civil society organisations and individuals and called for urgent intervention to protect these activists from further harm. Continue reading →

7 September 2022
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

Bail denied for the killers of Mabaso

Yesterday, 6 September 2022, the bail application of Samson Ngubane and his brother Mhlanganyelwa John Ngubane, the two priests accused of killing Nokuthula Mabaso, was denied at the Durban Magistrates Court. The magistrate also denied an application to appeal the judgement in the bail application.  Continue reading →