Abahlali to launch a new branch in Ekurhuleni
Press Statement: 13 October 2016 Abahlali to launch a new branch in Ekurhuleni Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA is expanding to a new province: Gauteng. This Saturday Abahalali baseMjondolo will be...
View ArticleUPM: Minister of Police Pays Damages to Ayanda Kota for 2012 Assault in the...
Monday, 17 October 2016 Unemployed People’s Movement Press Statement Minister of Police Pays Damages to Ayanda Kota for 2012 Assault in the Grahamstown Police Station On 12 January 2012 Ayanda Kota was...
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Upcoming Engagements with Solidarity Networks
Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA Press statement 26th October 2016 Upcoming Engagements with Solidarity Networks Our movement is committed to internationalism. We have always understood that while...
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Solidarity with the MST in Brazil
4 November 2016 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Solidarity with the MST in Brazil The National School Florestan Fernandes in Guararema, São Paulo, is the political school for the MST – the...
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Third World Meeting of Popular Movements
S’bu Zikode with Jose Mujica at the Vatican in Rome Earlier this month S’bu Zikode participated in a meeting of popular movements with the Pope and others at the Vatican. Zikode was able to have a...
View ArticlePopular Democratic Power is the Way to Challenge Inequality
23 November 2016, Oslo, Norway Fighting Inequality – Talks on How to Change the World Thapelo Mohapi Greeting to all. I am Thapelo Mohapi the current elected General Secretary of the movement Abahlali...
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World Aids Day
02 December 2016 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement World Aids Day Yesterday was World Aids Day. The movement of Abahlali baseMjondolo held a youth workshop to discuss this disease. There are a lot...
View ArticlePicket Against Kabila at the DRC Embassy in Pretoria
Press Statement from The Congolese Solidarity Campaign & Abahlali baseMjondolo, Monday 12 December 2016 Picket Against Kabila at the DRC Embassy in Pretoria The Congolese Solidarity Campaign, based...
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Two Lives Lost in a Shack Fire in Bhambayi, Inanda
14 December 2016 Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA Press Statement Two Lives Lost in a Shack Fire in Bhambayi, Inanda The festive season is the time for most people to gather with families and...
View ArticleDaily Maverick: Between frying pan and fire: Cape Town’s shack dwellers
It’s the festive season for all, but for some, who live in close proximity and without electricity, it’s also fire season. In the last week, hundreds of Cape Town people have lost their homes in shack...
View Article2016: A year of progress for our movement
20 December 2016 Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA Press statement 2016: A year of progress for our movement The year 2016 has come and gone. As we move from one year to another we need to reflect on...
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Amilcar Cabral’s revolutionary anti-colonialist ideas
Firoze Manji, ROAR Magazine Amilcar Cabral and Frantz Fanon are among the most important thinkers from Africa on the politics of liberation and emancipation. While the relevance of Fanon’s thinking...
View ArticleShack dwellers’ struggle songs hit a high note in the recording studio
Bongani Mthethwa, The Times A shack-dwellers’ movement known for singing struggle songs while campaigning against evictions is busy recording a CD featuring 13 protest songs. Abahlali baseMjondolo —...
View ArticleMan assaulted for trying to stop illegal dumpers
These people had a truck full of rubbish wanting to dump where our members live. When Thapelo approached them they started swearing at him and when he tried to take a photo he was attacked. Companies...
View ArticleAssembly With Branch Leaders to Strategise in Advance of Negotiations
17 February 2017 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Abahlali to Hold Assembly to Strategise on Democratic and Participatory Development in Advance of Negotiations with the Municipality This year...
View ArticleAbahlali to Launch its First Village in Bizana, Eastern Cape
Friday, 17 February 2017 Abahlali press statement Abahlali to Launch its First Village in Bizana, Eastern Cape For more than ten years we have waged a struggle for land, housing and dignity in the...
View ArticlePolitical Education Camp
11 March 2017 Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA press statement Political Education Camp The movement of Abahlali baseMjondolo SA will hold a Political Education Camp on the 11th March 2017 at...
View ArticleBhambayi Protests – The Rule of Lies Continues to Tear Apart Our Hopes for a...
Tuesday, 28 March 2017 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Bhambayi Protests – The Rule of Lies Continues to Tear Apart Our Hopes for a Better Future The anger of the poor can go in many directions....
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