“The world we are fighting for will evolve from the continuous struggle of liberated people” - Project South
Creative writings from within the AEC:
On the AEC:
- Housing Battles in Post-Apartheid South Africa: The case of Mandela Park in Khayelitsha by Martin Legassick
- Western Cape Housing Crisis: Writings on Joe Slovo and Delft by Martin Legassick
- Housing and Evictions at the N2 Gateway Project in Delft - by Kerry Chance
Affiliated social movements:
- We are the Third Force by Sbu Zikode
- Rethinking Public Participation from Below by Abahlali baseMjondolo
- Slow Dance: A poem written in Kennedy Road
- Abahlali baseMjondolo Statement on the Xenophobic (Afrophobic) Attacks in Johannesburg
- A Collection of Statements and Essays on the May 2008 Pogroms
- A Prayer for Justice by Nsingo Fanuel
Articles from South Africa on society and oppression:
- We are not all like that: the monster bares its fangs by Andile Mngxitama
- Review of Mike Davis’ ‘Planet of Slums’ by Richard Pithouse
- Politics Beyond the State by Brother Filippo Mondini
Articles on Society and Theory:
- Politics at stake: a note on stakeholder analysis
- Twelve Theses on Changing the World without taking Power
- Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh (India)
- Hallmark Events and Evictions
- Two Tales of One City: tearing down the projects in Chicago (USA)
- Popular Justice: Guerrero’s community police (Mexico)
- Broken Barricades: The Oaxaca rebellion in victory, defeat and beyond (Mexico)
- I shit on all the revolutionary vanguards of this planet by EZLN (Mexico)
Related creative writings:
Educational resources:
- Dear Mandela (video)
- The Protesting Handbook by FXI
- Map of Cape Town’s informal settlements
- The Arusha Declaration - 5 February 1967
Resources collected by Abahlali baseMjondolo:
- Documents from other movements & struggles
- Theory
- History
- Policy & Law
- Reports on Housing, Evictions and Repression in South Africa
- Academic Research on Shack Settlements
- An archive of documents on the Slums Act
Other stories of oppression:
Stumble It!
To whom it may concern,
I am doing research for a documentary on housing evictions in Eastridge and the Mitchell’s plain areas. Documentary is being directed by Robyn Rorke (Ashraf should know her) and is called Shamiela’s house.
I am trying to find photographs showing evictions in Eastridge as well as other photos related to the Cape Town Community Housing Committee etc. I have been doing newspaper research but am not having much luck. Do you have any photographs showing these mentioned things?
Kind regards,
Clare Anderson
021 7825840
0837241153