Bahlali Bayanda: Building ubuhlali in Gauteng
23 June 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Bahlali Bayanda: Building ubuhlali in Gauteng Despite the attacks and repression that we face our movement continues to become a home for impoverished...
View ArticleFour-year-old child dies in Ekuphumeleleni, death threats continue
27 June 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Four-year-old child dies in Ekuphumeleleni, death threats continue A four-year-old boy was tragically killed by electrocution on Monday in our...
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Homeless and hopeless after fire ravages Good Hope
GroundUp “Why are people still living here despite the countless promises to move them?” asks activist A shack fire in Good Hope settlement in Ekhuruleni left at least ten families homeless. Photo:...
View ArticleAbahlali to Support Street Traders in their Protest in Durban Tomorrow
Thursday, 05 July 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Abahlali to Support Street Traders in their Protest in Durban Tomorrow The ANC in Durban continues to grow rich off impoverished people...
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Illegal Attacks on the Phumula Mqashi Land Occupation in Tembisa
Phumula Mqashi Land Occupation Friday, 6 July 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Illegal Attacks on the Phumula Mqashi Land Occupation in Tembisa On 13 February 2018 a large tract of empty land...
View ArticleOpen Assembly in eKukhayeni on Saturday
Friday, 06 July 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Open Assembly in eKukhayeni on Saturday Tomorrow our movement will hold an open, public assembly in eKukhayeni in Marianhill where S’fiso...
View ArticleOrganising in the Shadow of Death
Saturday, 7 July 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Organising in the Shadow of Death Since our movement was first formed in 2005 various factions of the elite – including in the ruling...
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The People Of Blinkbonnie Can Finally Call eNkanini Home
by Lizeka Mdaduna, The Daily Vox Kids are running around playing, it’s the school holidays. Elderly women are sitting outside in the sun; they say inside their houses it’s chilly. Enkanini, which...
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The Twentieth Newsletter (2018): Assassinations.
Dear Friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On Wednesday evening, in São Paulo (Brazil), I walked past a wall that had on it the slogan – Marielle...
View ArticleNUMSA Condemns Attacks on Abahlali baseMjondolo
NUMSA CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON ABAHLALI BASEMJONDOLO 16 July 20128 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) condemns in the strongest terms the attacks against members of Abahlali...
View ArticleAbahlali Continues to Grow Despite Threats and Repression
Tuesday, 17 July 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Abahlali Continues to Grow Despite Threats and Repression Our leaders continue to live under threat and we continue to receive detailed information from...
View ArticleThe Kairos Center Stands in Solidarity with Abahlali baseMjondolo
The Kairos Centre On July 7, 2018, the Kairos Center received notice of heightened attacks and threats against the leadership and members of Abahlali baseMjondolo (Facebook | Twitter), including an...
View ArticleInternational Solidarity Meeting to be Held in Durban
Friday 20 July 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement International Solidarity Meeting to be Held in Durban International solidarity is vital to our safety, and our ability to continue to organise...
View ArticleIntimidation from Armed ANC Members on the East Rand
Monday, 23 July 2018 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Intimidation from Armed ANC Members on the East Rand Abahlali baseMjondolo in the Good Hope Settlement in Germiston, on the East Rand, have...
View ArticleShack dwellers vow to fight government’s war on protest
Mphathi Nxumalo, The Daily News Durban – Despite Community Safety and Liaison MEC Mxolisi Kaunda’s declaration of war against illegal protests, shack dwellers’ movement Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM)...
View ArticleHope Meets Expectation
Sarah-Jane Cooper-Knock, SeaM As I walked into Solomon Mahlangu settlement, Sne was driving posts back into the ground to rebuild the walls that the Land Invasion Unit had torn down. Still visible on...
View ArticleBrutal Attack on the Phumula Mqashi Land Occupation in Tembisa
30 July 2018 Phumula Mqashi Land Occupation Press Statement Brutal Attack on the Phumula Mqashi Land Occupation in Tembisa The Phumula Mqashi Land Occupation in Tembisa on the East Rand was founded on...
View ArticleDeath Threats Continue in Durban
1 August 2018 Death Threats in Barcelona 2 Death Threats Continue in Durban Our chairperson in our Barcelona 2 transit camp branch in Lamontville, Mr Simbongile Jujebe, and some members of the local...
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Tembisa land occupiers accuse police of brutality
Tembisa land occupiers accuse police of brutality City says it is committed to building houses on the land Bongani Siwela rebuilds his shack with paper after it was demolished by the Ekurhuleni Metro...
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