The PIE Amendment Bill gazetted in 2026 is facing criticism for the changes it seeks to make to a law that was originally introduced after apartheid to protect poor and vulnerable communities from arbitrary evictions and homelessness.

Anti-migrant marches have spread across several cities in South Africa in recent weeks, with some turning violent against African migrants amid rising economic tensions.

A devastating fire in an informal settlement claimed the lives of five children, leaving South Africa’s Abahlali baseMjondolo in mourning and renewing urgent calls for the state to address the crisis where poverty, lack of basic services, and eviction pressures continue to place poor communities at constant risk of death and disaster.

On the forefront of the resistance to South Africa’s land mafia preying on the urban poor, 52-year-old Khabazela, treasurer of the shack-dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo’s branch in eNkanini occupation, was gunned down earlier this month.

The Pietermaritzburg High Court halts forced evictions in KwaDukuza in a case involving Abahlali baseMjondolo’s and the KwaDukuza Municipality, supported by Dolphin Coast Residents’ Association.

Solidarity pours in from movements across Africa and the world as South Africa’s shack dwellers’ movement celebrates two decades of organizing, fighting for land and socialism.

Solidarity with the people of Palestine and the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo were central to this year’s Unfreedom Day actions with protestors marching with flags calling for an immediate end to apartheid and genocide.

Abahlali baseMjondolo led a demonstration on July 17, 2025, to defend the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) from intimidation by the anti-migrant group Operation Dudula and stand against its xenophobic agenda.

A Pan Africanism Today webinar featured discussions on socialist alternatives from South Africa and Tanzania on the 112th anniversary of 1913 Land Act in South Africa that alienated black South Africa from their own land.

Several mass rallies have been planned to mark UnFreedom Day in South Africa to commemorate the unfulfilled promises of South Africa’s freedom from apartheid and reject the current Government of National Unity

The Pan Africanism Today Secretariat sat down with S’bu Zikode, the Abahlali baseMjondolo elected President to find out how Unfreedom Day will be commemorated this year.

A landmark ruling has blocked the eviction of poor residents in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, marking a major victory for the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement.