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Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM)
Members of AbM gather in protest of PIE Amendment Bill “A declaration of war against the poor”: AbM leads resistance against South Africa’s anti-occupation bill

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.

Protest in SA against immigrants Anti-immigrant protests and violence escalate in South Africa

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.

Fire in Good Hope settlement South Africa Five children die in devastating shack fire at Abahlali baseMjondolo settlement in South Africa

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.

Zweli Mkhize, or Khabazela of South Africa's AbM The death, and life, of Khabazela: a portrait of Abahlali’s 26th martyr for land rights

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.

informal settlement in South Africa Abahlali baseMjondolo wins landmark ruling halting evictions in lucrative coastal municipality

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.

20th anniversary of Abahlali baseMjondolo Abahlali baseMjondolo marks 20 years of struggle for land, dignity, and socialism

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.

Unfreedom Day hits at the heart of South Africa’s unfinished democratic project

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 protests xenophobia and defends legal aid group after far-right threats Abahlali baseMjondolo protests xenophobia and defends legal aid group after far-right threats

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.

Land as a source of life- a continental reckoning with dispossession and struggle Land as a source of life: a continental reckoning with dispossession and struggle

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.

Abahlali baseMjondolo marks 20 years of defiant struggle on Unfreedom Day

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

Thousands of people will march for Abahlali baseMjondolo’s Unfreedom Day

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.

Abahlali baseMjondolo secures victory against forced evictions

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