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Puntan's Hill Shack Dwellers Blockade Umngeni Road
Friday, 13 July 2012, 2:38 pm | Abahlali baseMjondolo
At around 3 a.m. this morning the angry residents of the Puntan's Hill shack settlement blocked Umngeni Road with tyres in protest at their dissatisfaction with Cllr. Bhekisani Ngcobo. When Ngcobo was mobilising for votes he promised them that as soon as he ... More >>
The Organized Poor and Law as a Tool for Social Change
Friday, 13 July 2012, 2:35 pm | Abahlali baseMjondolo
It gives me a great honor to be invited to participate in the Wits Public Interest Law Gathering. I wish to thank SERI for the invitation. More >>
TRAs Occupied in Langa
Monday, 9 July 2012, 9:41 am | Abahlali baseMjondolo
After the rise-up of Abahlali at the KwaLanga TRA's that took place on Friday, Abahlali were told that there will be a meeting between Abahlali, the HDA and the corrupt leadership to reconcile and to work out a fair way forward. While Abahlali are waiting ... More >>
Abahlali rises up to stop corruption and forced removals
Friday, 6 July 2012, 6:57 pm | Abahlali baseMjondolo
Abahlali baseLanga TRA - 5 July 2012 Abahlali baseMjondolo Western Cape Press Statement Yesterday, Abahlali baseMjondolo youth took physical action to block the Housing Development Agency from moving residents of Joe Slovo Informal Settlement into Langa ... More >>
Occupy Umlazi!
Friday, 6 July 2012, 11:56 am | Abahlali baseMjondolo
The meeting between senior ANC representatives and representatives from the shacks in Ward 88, Umlazi, was supposed to start at 3:00 p.m. It ended up starting at 5:00 p.m. None of the senior ANC people that were expected pitched up. Only the ANC regional ... More >>
God In My Struggle
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 10:36 am | Abahlali baseMjondolo
I’m proud to be in an organization that fights for, protects, promotes and advances the dignity of the poor. More >>
The Police Have Shot Three People in Umlazi
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 2:26 pm | Abahlali baseMjondolo
Emergency Abm & UPM Press Statement 26 June 2012 21:16 The Police Have Shot Three People in Umlazi More >>
Charges Against Bheki Buthelezi Withdrawn & the Zakheleni 18
Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 12:49 pm | Abahlali baseMjondolo
Today all charges against Bheki Buthelezi were dropped and the Zakheleni 18 were released on free bail at the Umlazi Magistrate's Court. It is clear that the arrest of the 18 was politically engineered. The arrestees clearly stated in court that ... More >>
Why Are We Still Living the Apartheid Life?
Monday, 25 June 2012, 12:31 pm | Abahlali baseMjondolo
I sit back and fail to understand why there are people still staying in shacks. I fail to understand why there is so much separation in this country, why there are areas for the rich and the poor. I fail to understand why we are still living the ... More >>
Blood, Sweat and Gear: The human cost of the Olympics
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 1:18 pm | Abahlali baseMjondolo
20 March 2012: Will London's Olympic legacy be sportswear sweatshops and the marginalisation of local communities? Saturday (24 March): A day of discussion and action on how we can stop the Olympic dream becoming a nightmare More >>
Dear Mandela Will Be Shown Across South Africa
Tuesday, 20 March 2012, 11:11 am | Abahlali baseMjondolo
Fireworx Media and Amnesty International are screening the award-winning documentary Dear Mandela across South Africa this year. More >>
Abahlali Members Displaced in Sept 2009 Still Homeless
Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 11:32 am | Abahlali baseMjondolo
Two weeks ago IFP members fought with NFP members at Hostel 17 in Umlazi Township. That political violence left one person dead and it left some people homeless. The Minister of Safety and Security intervened to mediate between the two parties that ... More >>
Shallcross March Called Off Due to Death Threats
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 9:48 am | Abahlali baseMjondolo
Yesterday the Unemployed People's Society had to take the difficult decision to call off the march that we had planned against housing corruption in Shallcross. The night before the march was due to take place the Ward 17 Councillor and a number of local ... More >>
Shallcross: the Tyres are Burning
Friday, 27 January 2012, 3:47 pm | Abahlali baseMjondolo
Yesterday 120 families were violently evicted from incompletely built and then abandoned RDP houses in Shallcross. They had occupied these houses after people with papers to show that they had been given houses were left in shacks as their houses were ... More >>
Shack Dwellers Currently Under Police Attack in Shallcross
Thursday, 26 January 2012, 11:08 am | Abahlali baseMjondolo
In Shallcross there are shack dwellers some of whom had occupied neglected RDP houses which were built over 2 years ago and then left uncompleted. The residents who have been waiting for more than 17 years for the houses promised to them decided to occupy ... More >>
Poverty is Political
Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 1:24 pm | Abahlali baseMjondolo
Cape Town, hosting the 6th World Congress of Education International, is a city full of contrasts and social polarization: For years now, beyond the glittering world of the centers of consumption like the waterfront, protests and social conflicts ... More >>
Poor People’s Movements and the Law
Monday, 5 December 2011, 11:47 am | Abahlali baseMjondolo
I wish to thank the Socio Economic Rights Institute of South Africa for organising this seminar to discuss the law and social movements. I also wish to take this opportunity, on behalf of Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA, to extend our our deepest gratitude ... More >>
Evicted Hillary Residents Protest: 1 Dec 2011
Friday, 2 December 2011, 10:19 am | Abahlali baseMjondolo
Tomorrow the flats of the 77 people evicted from the Valley View flats in Hillary by SOHOC will be given to new tenants. The evicted residents will protest by holding a picket line in front of their flats. They will appeal to a sense of solidarity ... More >>
Private Destruction of the Right to Public Housing
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 11:31 am | Abahlali baseMjondolo
Four weeks ago 77 people were evicted from the Valley View flats in Hillary. These flats are owned by SOHCO which is a social housing company. Social housing was set up to cover those who don't qualify for RDP houses but are too poor to qualify for ... More >>
Floods, Destruction And Despair In The Shacks
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 10:42 am | Abahlali baseMjondolo
Last night after heavy rain some of our shack settlements were flooded leaving shack dwellers, stranded, hopeless and with all their belonging swept away through floods. We have had enough shack fires already. We have had enough rat bites. We have had ... More >>
