Private Security Firm Attacks the Sihlalangenkani Occupation in Umhlali
17 April 2024 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement Private Security Firm Attacks the Sihlalangenkani Occupation in Umhlali On 7 April the notorious private security firm IPSS, with support from the...
View ArticleWe Will Mark UnFreedom Day in Durban on 21 April
19 April 2024 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement We Will Mark UnFreedom Day in Durban on 21 April There is no freedom for the poor in South Africa. Thirty years after Nelson Mandela became...
View ArticleIminyaka engamashumi amathathu yosizi nenhlupheko kwabampofu
21 April 2024 Iminyaka engamashumi amathathu yosizi nenhlupheko kwabampofu Inkulumo ka Mongameli waBahlali baseMjondolo, Sbu. Zikode ngosuku loku Ngakhululeki (Unfreedom Day) Mphathi wohlelo, baholi...
View ArticleThe People’s Minimum Demands and Abahlali’s position on Election 2024
This statement was included in S’bu Zikode’s speech given today at UnFreedom Day 2024. 21 April 2024 The People’s Minimum Demands and Abahlali’s position on Election 2024 Abahlali baseMjondolo...
View ArticleAn Important Judgment in the Supreme Court of Appeal
16 July 2024 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement An Important Judgment in the Supreme Court of Appeal Last week, on 10 July the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) issued its judgment in the matter of...
View ArticleThe eThekwini Municipality warned not to evict residents in Clermont without...
20 July 2024 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement The eThekwini Municipality warned not to evict residents in Clermont without a court order Abahlali baseMjondolo, represented by the Socio Economic...
View ArticleThe Struggle for Services in Shack Settlements in South Africa
29 August 2024 IBP Asivikelane Conference The Struggle for Services in Shack Settlements in South Africa S’bu Zikode Thank you program director, IBP and organisers of the convening, Asivikelane...
View ArticleAbahlali baseMjondolo to March against racism, evictions and forced removals
13 September 2024 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement Abahlali baseMjondolo to March against racism, evictions and forced removals Abahlali baseMjondolo will be marching in Ballito on Monday 16...
View ArticleA Declaration of War on the Poor
3 October 2024 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement A Declaration of War on the Poor On 16 September we marched in our thousands in Ballito to oppose evictions and racism. However, the attacks on 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...
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