The newly elected committee in Siyanda – – 29th of March 2015
Siyanda – 6th Anniversary of being in the movement
Raymond Suttner, Aubrey Mokoape & T.J. Ngongoma speaking in Grahamstown
Raymond Suttner, Aubrey Mokoape & T.J. Ngongoma speaking in Grahamstown
Picture by Shepi Mati
ISiyanda branch celebrates Electricity Installation, its Sixth Anniversary & Re-launches its Branch
Friday, 27 March 2015
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement
ISiyanda branch celebrates Electricity Installation, its Sixth Anniversary & Re-launches its Branch
It is with great pleasure that impoverished people on our own can achieve what was thought to be impossible sometime ago. It is with great pleasure that Abahlali can organise to build our power from below to use the state to develop and transform the lives of the impoverished without seeking permission from politicians or giving up our autonomy to the ruling party.
The neglected community of Siyanda VN Naik, just like many other Abahlali communities, has been denied the right to land and housing. We have been denied the right to essential services such as water and sanitation and electricity. When we started our movement in 2005 these services were denied to all shack dwellers in Durban. The government claimed to provide water but there would be a few taps for settlement of thousands of people. They claimed to provide sanitation but this only existed on paper. They openly refused to provide us with electricity claiming that our settlements, even when they were more than 30 years old, were ‘temporary’. Continue reading
Launch of a new branch of the AbM Youth League, Marikana Land Occupation, Cato Crest, 22 March 2015
Launch of a new branch of the AbM Youth League, Marikana Land Occupation, Cato Crest, 22 March 2015
Launch of a new branch of the AbM Youth League, Marikana Land Occupation, Cato Crest, 22 March 2015
Launch of a new branch of the AbM Youth League, Marikana Land Occupation, Cato Crest, 22 March 2015
Launch of a new branch of the AbM Youth League, Marikana Land Occupation, Cato Crest, 22 March 2015
AbM Policy Conference, Hindu Surat Hall, 21 March 2015
AbM Policy Conference, Hindu Surat Hall, 21 March 2015
AbM Policy Conference, Hindu Surat Hall, 21 March 2015
Two ANC Councillors will Appear in Court Today to On Suspicion of Being Responsible for the Assassination of Thuli Ndlovu
20 March 2015
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement
Two ANC Councillors will Appear in Court Today to On Suspicion of Being Responsible for the Assassination of Thuli Ndlovu
Thuli Ndlovu, our chairperson in KwaNdengezi, was assassinated in cold blood on the 29th September 2014 at her home. On 30 September 2013 Nqobile Nzuza was murdered by a police officer in Cato Crest during a protest. She was shot in the back of the head. Nkululeko Gwala was assassinated in Cato Crest on the 26 June 2013. Thembinkosi Qumbelo was assassinated in Cato Crest on 19 March 2013.