The Swedish government has recognised South Africa’s S’bu Zikode for being a champion and defender of the rights of the homeless. Swedish ambassador to Iceland, Håkan Juholt, said he was “delighted ...

Abahlali baseMjondolo has welcomed the South African Human Rights Commission’s call on President Cyril Ramaphosa to prompt an investigation into the assassinations of its members. The commission has ...

The Western Cape wing of the country’s biggest shack dwellers’ organisation Abahlali base Mjondolo has endorsed the Democratic Alliance (DA) ahead of Wednesday’s general elections. This is despite the ...

Since Abahlali baseMjondolo was founded in 2005 we have struggled to liberate ourselves from impoverishment, indignity and repression. Our struggle has been grounded in our occupations of land. We ...

At least 16 activists aligned to Abahlali BaseMjondolo have been killed since 2013, with seven shot dead between November last year and now. Abahlali baseMjondolo frustrate the Ethekwini Municipality ...

Abahlali baseMjondolo secretary-general Thapelo Mohapi has warned that growing anti-migrant mobilisation in KwaZulu-Natal risks escalating into broader ethnic violence, drawing parallels with the ...

The award of a Swedish government prize for human rights activism will offer him some protection, says winner S’bu Zikode. Zikode, founder of shack dwellers’ movement Abahlali BaseMjondolo, has faced ...

The shack dwellers’ movement Abahlali base Mjondolo is at the forefront of a new wave of mass political mobilisation. And the ANC in KwaZulu Natal, at least, has taken notice. By KHADIJA PATEL. On ...

Abahlali baseMjondolo continues to be subject to assassination in Durban. This article, from the Daily Maverick in Johannesburg, reports on recent threats to the movement. A statement released by ...

History tells us that during his reign in the 1800s King Shaka kaSenzangakhona deployed his regiments to the Bay in KwaZulu-Natal to “khangela amankengane” (watch over white people at sea — or ...

Amnesty International South Africa has called on authorities to ensure that Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) activists are protected after threats were made against another of its leaders. Former AbM ...

In May 2014, news broke that a radical shack dwellers’ movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo, had thrown their weight behind the centre-right Democratic Alliance in Kwa Zulu Natal. This was a shock to most ...