The country goes deeper into crisis as the unemployment rate increases
7 June 2021 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement The country goes deeper into crisis as the unemployment rate increases Abahlali baseMjondolo has always understood and taught that the poor were made...
View ArticleThe dignity of the poor is not recognised by the ANC
8 June 2021 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement The dignity of the poor is not recognised by the ANC The ANC led municipality in Durban continues to undermine people who live in shack settlements. In...
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15 June Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA Press Statement Abahlali Youth League to Hold a Political Education Discussion Tomorrow The Abahlali baseMjondolo Youth League will hold a Political Education...
View ArticleAbahlali baseMjondolo in Solidarity with the people of Swaziland
30 June 2021 Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA Press statement Abahlali baseMjondolo in Solidarity with the people of Swaziland The people of Swaziland have been living under a brutal dictatorship for...
View ArticleWe condemn the torture of Magnificent Mndebele and Cebelihle Mbuyisa in...
8 July 2021 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement We condemn the torture of Magnificent Mndebele and Cebelihle Mbuyisa in Swaziland There can be no freedom without a free and democratic media. However,...
View ArticleKwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng are burning, we need to build a just peace
Tuesday, 13 July 2021 Abahlali baseMjondolo KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng are burning, we need to build a just peace Abahlali baseMjondolo has always warned that the anger of the poor can go in many...
View ArticleAgent Provocateurs at Work in this Time of Crisis
Saturday, 17 July 2021 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Agent Provocateurs at Work in this Time of Crisis During this week of crisis in which lives have been lost, homes burnt to the ground,...
View Article“Our Land – Our Harvest” Urgent aid to Abahlali baseMjondolo
Amadiba Crisis Committee 2021-07-23: “Our Land – Our Harvest” Urgent aid to Abahlali baseMjondolo Today Friday 23 July, a bakkie full of sweet potatoes, amadumbe, beans, oranges from the coast of...
View ArticleAn urgent call to build solidarity in action
Saturday 24 July 2021 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement An urgent call to build solidarity in action The situation in Durban is very serious. The politicians and the people around them are actively...
View ArticleWe are Dying for Food
6 August 2021 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement We are Dying for Food On Thursday last week (29 July), Zamekile Shangase, a 33-year-old woman from Asiyindawo in Lamontville, was shot and killed...
View ArticleWomen’s Day Political Education Workshop
6 August 2021 Abahlali baseMjondolo Women’s League Press Statement Women’s Day Political Education Workshop On 9 August 1956 around 20 000 women marched on the Union Buildings in opposition to the...
View ArticleStatement of Solidarity from the MST in Brazil
Stop the political persecution of Abahlali baseMjondolo activists and leaders The Landless Workers Movement – MST from Brazil – stands in full solidarity and support with the legitimate struggle of...
View ArticleStatement of Solidarity from the Socialist Party in Zambia
Stop the political persecution of Abahlali baseMjondolo activists and leaders The Socialist Party of Zambia stands in solidarity with the shack dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo in South Africa...
View ArticleJustice delayed is justice denied but celebration for the eKhenana three
Friday, 1 October 2021 Abahlali press statement Justice delayed is justice denied but celebration for the eKhenana three The case for Bonono, Gasela and Miya was scheduled for today for a senior public...
View ArticleAll Charges Dropped Against Mqapheli Bonono, Maphiwe Gasela and Siniko Miya!
4 October 2021 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement All Charges Dropped Against Mqapheli Bonono, Maphiwe Gasela and Siniko Miya! Moments ago, on the 16th anniversary of the founding of our movement,...
View ArticleThe repression of Abahlali in eKhenana continues but the Commune remains
Monday, 11 October 2021 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement The repression of Abahlali in eKhenana continues but the Commune remains The criminal justice system – including the police and the...
View ArticleStatement of solidarity with the eKhenana occupation from Chomsky, Gilmore,...
Solidarity with the eKhenana (Canaan) land occupation in South Africa In the midst of a serious economic and social crisis in South Africa, including youth unemployment at just under 75% and endemic...
View ArticleStatement of solidarity with the eKhenana occupation from Bishop Rubin Phillip
The repression of the eKhenana settlement must stop now The eKhenana settlement in Cato Manor, Durban, is an inspiring model of what can be achieved by democratic forms of self-organisation. It has a...
View ArticleStatement of solidarity with the eKhenanan occupation from the International...
Continued political persecution On Friday 8 October 2021, the South African police arrested three members of Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), the social movement of shack dwellers in South Africa....
View ArticleStatement of Solidarity from the Kairos Center to Abahlali baseMjondolo
Statement of Solidarity from the Kairos Center to Abahlali baseMjondolo The Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice in the United States stands in solidarity with Abahlali baseMjondolo...
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