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Shackdwellers’ association, Abahlali baseMjondolo, issued a statement on Tuesday night, fearing the worst as xenophobia sweeps the Durban area.

There is a war in our city. Our African brothers and sisters are being openly attacked on the streets.

In 2008, our movement stood firm against the attacks on people born in other African countries. We committed ourselves to shelter and defend our brothers and sisters. There were no attacks in any of our communities.

For some time now we have been working very closely with the Congolese Solidarity Campaign. Continue reading →

Tuesday 14 April 2015 – 5:22 p.m.

Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

Abahlali baseMjondolo Statement on the Ongoing Xenophobic Attacks

A view from below – umuntu ungumuntu ngabantu

There is a war in our city. Our African brothers and sisters are being openly attacked on the streets.

In 2008 our movement stood firm against the attacks on people born in other African countries. We committed ourselves to shelter and defend our brothers and sisters. There were no attacks in any of our communities.

For some time now we have been working very closely with the Congolese Solidarity Campaign. We have been working to build a politic from below that accepts each person as a person and each comrade as a comrade without regard to where they were born or what language they speak. In this struggle we have faced constant attack from the state, the ruling party and others. We have been attacked for having members from the Eastern Cape, members born in other countries and Indian members. We have always stood firm against these attacks. Our movement has survived almost ten years of repression. Continue reading →