Noam Chomsky, Ruth Wilson Gilmore and others express solidarity with Abahlali...
Statement of solidarity with Abahlali baseMjondolo Since its formation in 2005 Abahlali baseMjondolo, the extraordinary movement of the urban poor in South Africa, has inspired activists around the...
View ArticleBuilding peace and unity in a traumatised community
21 November 2024 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement Building peace and unity in a traumatised community Ukwakha ukuthula nobunye phakathi kwabalimele Our movement currently has over 150 000 members...
View ArticleJudgment to be Delivered Tomorrow in Landmark Case
19 December 2024 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Judgment to be Delivered Tomorrow in Landmark Case The judgment in the matter between the City of Cape Town and the Bromwell Street community in...
View ArticleA Christmas Gift for the Poor from the Constitutional Court
23 December 2024 Abahlali baseMjondolo A Christmas Gift for the Poor from the Constitutional Court Ordinarily the poor do not have much to celebrate at Christmas other than the sense of community we...
View ArticleSolidarity with the Class of 2024 as Matric Results are Announced
13 January 2025 Abahlali baseMjondolo Youth League Press Statement Solidarity with the Class of 2024 as Matric Results are Announced In a just society, every child would be received as a gift and...
View ArticleSolidarity with Booker Omole and the Communist Party of Kenya
8 January 2025 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Solidarity with Booker Omole and the Communist Party of Kenya On 7 July 2023, large numbers of Kenyans, mostly young people, took to the streets in...
View ArticleSolidarity with the MST
21 January 2025 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement Solidarity with the MST The movement of the landless in Brazil, the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), has suffered a violent...
View ArticleFrom Marikana to Stilfontein Our Lives Count for Nothing
28 January 2025 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement From Marikana to Stilfontein Our Lives Count for Nothing In South Africa, more than thirty years after the end of apartheid, the lives of people...
View ArticleA Nation in a State of Despair
6 February 2025 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement A Nation in a State of Despair Every year the President of the country makes all kinds of promises in the State of the Nation Address. Every year...
View ArticleWe Need a United Front Against the Alliance Between AfriForum and Trump
10 February 2025 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement We Need a United Front Against the Alliance Between AfriForum and Trump Our movement condemns the reckless and racist actions of AfriForum in...
View ArticleA Budget Speech in Desperate Times
19 February 2025 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement A Budget Speech in Desperate Times When the minister of finance takes the podium to deliver his budget speech today he will be addressing a nation...
View ArticleTomorrow We Oppose Mass Evictions in the High Court
13 March 2025Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Tomorrow We Oppose Mass Evictions in the High Court Tomorrow, Abahlali baseMjondolo will be in the Pietermaritzburg High Court to defend an attempt to...
View ArticleAbahlali baseMjondolo Back in Court Today
25 March 2025 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Abahlali baseMjondolo Back in Court Today The waves of attempts to evict us and destroy our occupations and communes via the courts continue. On 14...
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