Concept note: Willing seller – Willing buyer
Concept note: Willing seller – Willing buyer Draft 1 June 2006In the context of South Africa's failing land reform programme, the Willing seller – Willing buyer policy was problematic, and remains so1....
View ArticleThe Witness: All deserve to have electricity
http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global[_id]=17064All deserve to have electricity 09 Dec 2008 Mark ButlerIn reply to the feature article in The Witness of November 24, “Double...
View ArticleOn the Arrest and Assault of Mzonke Poni
On the Arrest and Assault of Mzonke PoniMark Butler, 2 June 2009“Mzonke Poni is under arrest and is currently being assaulted in the Macassar Village Police Station. ... Early this afternoon there was...
View ArticleGrace, Truth and Development
Click here to read this essay in word and here to read it in pdf.Grace, Truth and Development From the Communist Party across to the corporate spin-doctors and down to the Development Committees in the...
View ArticleFinding Our Voice in the World
Finding Our Voice in the Worldby Mark Butler, with Cindy Dennis, Thulani Ndlazi, David Ntseng, Graham Philpott, Zonke Sithole, and Nomusa Sokhela.Since the Church Land Programme's (CLP) conscious shift...
View ArticleFighting for Justice in Rural KwaZulu-Natal
Click here to read this essay in pdf.Fighting for Justice in Rural KwaZulu-Natalby David Ntseng with Mark Butler, 2010IntroductionOver a number of years, Thulani Ndlazi has been Church Land Programme's...
View ArticleOn dignity, love, and philanthropy
On dignity, love, and philanthropyMark Butler and Graham Philpott, Church Land Programme, October 2012.Input presented by Graham to the panel on “Faith communities, philanthropy and social change: A...
View ArticlePolitics at stake: a note on stakeholder analysis
Politics at stake: a note on stakeholder analysis July 2008 Mark Butler and David NtsengPeople in government, business, and political and civil society organisations routinely talk about...
View ArticleLiving Learning
Click here to download the Living Learning booklet in pdf.Living LearningJust two days before Abahlali baseMjondolo was violently attacked in Kennedy Road, the movement was in celebratory mood as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UFrantz Fanon waziwa kakhulu njengomunye wezinculabuchopho zomzabalazo...
UFrantz Fanon waziwa kakhulu njengomunye wezinculabuchopho zomzabalazo wenkululeko eAfrika.Frantz Fanon: 1925 – 1961Wazalelwa esiqhingini sase Martinique ngo 1925. I Martinique yayibuswa ngaphansi...
View ArticleGroundUp: Opponent of Xolobeni titanium mine assassinated
http://www.groundup.org.za/article/opponent-xolobeni-titanium-mine-assassinated/ Opponents of the plan to mine titanium in the Xolobeni area in the Eastern Cape fear for their lives after the chairman...
View ArticleOnce Again We Will Gather to Mourn UnFreedom Day
Friday 22 April 2016 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Once Again We Will Gather to Mourn UnFreedom Day On the 24th of April 2016 Abahlali baseMjondolo will gather to mourn UnFreedom Day. We...
View ArticleBusiness Day: Shack upgrades gain some foundation
Stuart Wilson, Business Day EARLIER this month, a team of lawyers and community activists addressed hundreds of people at the Slovo Park informal settlement south of Johannesburg. The meeting was...
View ArticleSeven Wards to Protest Against Mining in Mbizana on Monday
13 May 2016 ABAHLALI BASEMJONDOLO PRESS STATEMENT Seven Wards to Protest Against Mining in Mbizana on Monday On Monday the 16th of May 2016, Abahlali baseZilalini Mbizana in the Eastern Cape, who are...
View ArticleIndependent on Saturday: ANC councillors in dock for murder
By: DUNCAN GUY and SASHA VAN NIEKERK, Independent on Saturday Durban – The authenticity of correspondence under an ANC letterhead took centre stage, in the Durban High Court on Friday, in the trial of...
View ArticleDeath threats in Bizana after an Abahlali protest march against Rumdel mining...
Thursday, 19 May 2016 URGENT Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement Death threats in Bizana after an Abahlali protest march against Rumdel mining and road construction On Monday Abahlali baseZilalini...
View ArticleJudgment to be Handed Down in the Trial of the ANC Councillors Accused of the...
Thursday, 19 May 2016 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Judgment to be Handed Down in the Trial of the ANC Councillors Accused of the Assassination of Thuli Ndlovu Thuli Ndlovu, our chairperson in...
View ArticleJustice for Thuli Ndlovu!
Friday, 20 May 2016 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement Justice for Thuli Ndlovu! Breaking news: ANC Councillors Velile Lutyeku and Mduduzi Ngcobo, along with their hitman Mlungisi Ndlovu have been...
View Article