Abahlali baseMjondolo president S’bu Zikode told mourners gathered for a memorial service for slain Abahlali leader Lindokuhle Mnguni on Thursday 25 August that the shack dwellers’ movement had lost ...

The eThekwini Municipality has added a R29 million aerial ladder fire truck capable of reaching 14-storey buildings, strengthening firefighting.

South Africans are encouraged to take precautionary measures to curb the spread of the pandemic by practising social distancing and intensifying hygiene control. The country will also be under a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 leaders of the Abahlali baseMjondolo (ABM) shack-dwellers movement have been living in constant fear though their only “crime” has been trying to create better living conditions for people. This ...

Another member of the Abahlali baseMjondolo shack dwellers’ movement has been shot dead in Cato Crest in Durban, this time allegedly by police officers. Bongumusa Manqele was killed in eNkanini ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is according to Mqapheli Bonono, deputy president of shack dweller movement Abahlali baseMjondolo. On Thursday, 19 February 2026 people attended Mkhize’s memorial at the eNkanini informal ...

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 ...