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On Sunday, Abahlali baseMjondolo held a ‘30 Years of UnFreedom’ event to reflect on the 30 years after apartheid. The movement, whose leaders have been killed as they fought for dignity and decent housing, will support the Economic Freedom Fighters in the 29 May general elections.

Muhammad Hussain compiles a list of assassinations that South Africans have experienced over the past few years.

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At a recent meeting of the UN Human Rights council, more than 12 member states shone a spotlight on the South African government’s failure to protect human rights defenders, raising concerns about increasing attacks on whistle-blowers and activists and widespread impunity for the killings of su...

Democratic spaces vital for rights-claiming and holding political leaders accountable have increasingly come under threat in South Africa. Social movements, groups and communities that have dared to organise themselves around a cause that is critical of the state have often been met with blunt...

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Abahlali baseMjondolo face living and dying by their commitment to Umhlaba (land), Izindlu (housing) and Isithunzi (dignity). 

Abahlali BaseMjondolo leaders have triggered the alarm many times that its members are under siege. This week 30-year old activist Ayanda Ngila was gunned down while tending to a communal garden in Cato Crest.

27 April is fake freedom day - Sbu Zikode Share Cape Town - Sbu Zikode is widely respected for his work on behalf of the poorest and most marginalised people, the shack dwellers of South Africa. As president of the largest civil society organisation to have emerged in South Africa since the 1980s, Abahlali base Mjondolo with about 82 000 members, Zikode has faced death threats, arrests, torture and often has to operate from hiding. Because of his work, which centres on the right to proper housi...

The dignity of all South Africans, regardless of their socio-economic status, must be recognised by those in power. Sadly, that is not the case for millions of impoverished people, says S’bu Zikode.