Category Archives: S’fiso Ngcobo

No justice for assassinated Abahlali activists

GroundUp

12 September 2018   By Christopher Clark and Nomfundo Xolo

Investigating officer claimed no knowledge of S’fiso Ngcobo’s case, hung up the phone, and blocked our number

Photo of Phumzile Mkhize

Phumzile Mkhize says she has been kept in the dark about the investigation into her husband’s murder. All photos: Samantha Reinders

Just metres from 28-year-old Phumzile Mkhize’s shack, perched on a steep hillside in the Durban informal settlement of eKukhanyeni, two bullet holes mark the wall of a local spaza shop where her late husband S’fiso Ngcobo was shot dead while buying cool drinks on 23 May. Continue reading →

New Abahlali branch to be named in honour of S’fiso Ngcobo

Friday, 1 June 2018
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

New Abahlali branch to be named in honour of S’fiso Ngcobo

Yesterday Abahlali baseMjondolo held a powerful memorial service at eKukhanyeni in honour of our comrade Sifiso Ngcobo. More than 900 comrades, all showing real courage, attended the memorial.

In his address to the community of eKukhanyeni the Deputy Chairperson said that he is prepared to continue Comrade Ngcobo’s work. He gave an assurance that he will not be threatened by cowards who come and kill at night. People took courage from his bravery. The struggle will continue in eKukhanyeni, and around the country. Despite all the lives lost at the hands of the Anti-Land Invasion Unit, the police and the izinkabi over the years our movement has continued to grow, and to build democratic people’s power in struggle. We will continue to build our movement, and our power, and to struggle for land and dignity. Continue reading →

Memorial service for Comrade S’fiso Ngcobo

1 May 2018
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

Memorial service for Comrade S’fiso Ngcobo

Today Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement will hold a memorial service for our fallen Comrade, and chairperson of eKukhanyeni branch, S’fiso Ngcobo. This is to honour our Comrade and to give him the respect and dignity that he was denied while he was still living.

The memorial service will be held at the eKukhanyeni branch where Comrade Ngcobo was assassinated outside his house by three unknown men on Tuesday 22nd May at 19:30pm. The service will begin at 3pm today, Thursday, 31st May 2018 Continue reading →

Dying for Land – KZN assassinations continue

Greg Nicolson, The Daily Maverick

As the land debate rages and occupations continue across the country, two members of the shack-dwellers’ movement Abahlali baseMjondolo were shot this week. The group blames the ANC for failing to provide land and targeting those who take it. 

S’fiso Ngcobo was critical of the ANC when he addressed over 1,000 people at a rally on Saturday. Three days later the Abahlali baseMjondolo eKukhanyeni chairperson was shot dead while buying a cold drink metres from his home.

“This is political, we know very well,” said Thapelo Mohapi from the shack-dwellers’ movement. “In Abahlali we have a history of ANC people killing our members.”  Continue reading →

SAFTU condemns assassination of S’fiso Ngcobo

25 May 2018

SAFTU condemns assassination of S’fiso Ngcobo

The South African Federation of Trade Unions strongly condemns the assassination of S’fiso Ngcobo, chairperson of the eKukhanyeni branch of community group Abahlali baseMjondolo, in Marianhill, KZN.

Just after he left an assembly on 22 May 2018, at around 7:30 pm, he stepped out of his home to buy a cool drink from a shop in a container just a few meters away. He was shot multiple times by a group of unknown men. The police were called but took more than three hours to arrive even though the local police station is nearby. Continue reading →