Solidarity: Mapumalanga government using dirty tricks to steal land from community for 2010 stadium

24 06 2008

Mail & Guardian: Stadium show must go on

Justin Arenstien and Gcina Ntsaluba
Jun 25 2008 00:00

Mpumalanga’s provincial government is threatening to reverse a R63-million land claim settlement unless the farmworker beneficiaries agree to surrender a prime portion of their ancestral land for just R1. Read the rest of this entry »





CNN interviews Abahlali: ‘Slums offer surprising hope for tomorrow’s urban world’

24 06 2008
June 11, 2008
Source: CNN

LONDON, England (CNN) — Shamita Naidoo [of AEC alliance partner Abahlali baseMjondolo] said she often wonders whether anyone really ever sees her. She also wonders the same thing about the hundreds of people living around her, in tiny tin shacks perched underneath gum trees on a nearby hill.

Sometimes, she said, it seems like they all are invisible.

The shantytown where Naidoo lives is on the outskirts of Durban, South Africa, in an area known as Motala Heights. The squatter community has been there for a number of years, but it’s increasingly being squeezed out by nearby factories and suburban neighborhoods. Read the rest of this entry »





Abahlali Youth League Launched

24 06 2008

Abahlali Youth League Secretariat

After months of work that AbM Youth League was launched and elections held for all positions on 16 June 2008. The following people were elected to the following positions:

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President Mazwi Nzimande 074 222 8601

Vice President Lindo Motha 073 029 9185

General Secretary Zodwa Nsibande 082 830 2707

Vice Secretary Ayanda Vumisa 079 574 7459

Treasurer Nontombi Xolose 074 367 8227

Chairperson Bongo Dlamini 083 727 3656

Coordinator Nelisiwe Mgenge 078 115 3215/079 334 5063