In 2005, the movement was established because the impoverished, the marginalised and the shack dwellers of South Africa were continuously rejected or left out by the system that had promised to be democratic and free to every citizen of South Africa.
Karabo Chaka was shot dead by the police while in the yard of his family home in Slovo Park.
We were made poor so that others could be made rich and we are kept poor so that others can remain rich.
Freedom continues its coverage of Abahlali baseMjondolo, a South African movement of shack dwellers who organise land occupations and communes: In 2019 the Abahlali baseMjondolo branch in Vusimuzi, Gauteng, resisted an imposed reblocking project by the Ekurhuleni Municipality. During the community resistance all lies and threats against Abahlali activists were masterminded by the local ANC
Freedom continues its coverage of Abahlali baseMjondolo, a South African movement of shack dwellers who organise land occupations and communes: The attempt by the local ANC – working with the police, private security, the anti-land invasion unit and forces within the prosecuting authority – to destroy the eKhenana Commune has been relentless. The attacks on
Freedom introduces the Abahlali baseMjondolo, a South African movement of shack dwellers who organise land occupations and communes. Here is their statement on their planned 16 Days of Activism. To be in movement means to be in permanent struggle, every day, every week, every year. For us this includes working to build democratic women’s power
Two people have been blinded this week in violent reprisals from State and local ANC-linked thugs as they try to push land occupiers out of Cato Manor in Durban, South Africa. The relatively new occupation, organised with shackdwellers’ movement Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), has been shaken by the extreme violence, which saw Smiso Maphumulo shot in the eye
A furious, mourning community marched on Sydenham police station in Durban today after a police assault on the city’s Foreman Road shack settlement led to the death of two-week-old baby Jayden Khoza. Shack dwellers crossed the short distance to the suburban station, sited next to a school, with the body of the baby who was
Shack dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo reports on the Bhambayi protests which have hit north Durban as the city’s new administration reverses solemn promises it made on the electoral trail to make reparations for the intense repression inflicted on Abahlali members. The anger of the poor can go in many directions. In local government elections [last year] those who have led
A few thoughts on where we are as we teeter on the cusp of a decade-defining shift into armed nationalism ~ Rob Ray ~ In the deluge of capital-N News we’ve had over the last month, by far the most consequential for our war-distanced isles has been the announcement, Europe-wide, of massive rearmament.
Not only are we still around, we’re also setting up our own non-hierarchical school, organising a free cafe, and collaborating with other grassroots groups ~ The LMA Collective ~ There’s a story of how Lambeth Mutual Aid began, as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic: that immediate desire people had in March 2020 to support
Javier Milei’s ultra-liberal policies have doubled the prices of medicines and essential services, with a sharp decline in the value of pensions ~ Rob Latchford ~ A demonstration by pensioners, supported by football fans and social organisations, in Argentina on Wednesday 12 March ended in violent clashes with the police, the arrest of at least
The Glasgow anarchist poet and propagandist was a seeker of peace ~ Ethel McDonald ~ One of the leading lights of contemporary anarchism, John Couzin, died at home in Glasgow, Scotland in his partners arms aged almost 91.
Richest man’s unhinged incompetence fuels backlash against oligarchy ~ Rob Latchford ~ A person dressed in black shot at several Tesla vehicles before igniting two of them at a repair facility in Las Vegas in the early hours of Tuesday morning (18 March).
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