Repression continues in eKhenana as the homes of Maphiwe Gasela and Phumelele Mkhize are burnt to ashes

Abahlali baseMjondolo, or AbM, is a shack-dwellers’ movement – the largest popular movement to have emerged in post-apartheid South Africa. They organise land occupations, builds community infrastructure such as halls, creches and gardens, run occupations as democratic communes, and campaigns for land and housing and against corruption, xenophobia, evictions and sexism.