Friday, 22 October 2021 Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement The ongoing attack on the eKhenana Commune is being planned at a high level A total of nine comrades have now been arrested on trumped up charges in the latest wave of repression against the eKhenana Commune. Six have already had all charges withdrawn. Two of the […]
The ongoing attack on the eKhenana Commune is being planned at a high level
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.