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Our Deputy President Mqapheli Bonono and Siniko Miya are in Detention
Abahlali baseMjondolo
Abahlali baseMjondolo (The Residents of the Shacks) is a movement of the poor in South Africa. Abahlali is an autonomous, democratic, membership-based social movement comprising more than 150,000 members, operating in 93 branches in 4 provinces. Their politics are rooted in a universal commitment to affirming and defending human dignity as they struggle for land and housing, to foster communities of care, self-nourishment, and solidarity.
We will continue to organise and build our movement, and to work with all progressive organisations, to build a democratic socialist society in which the dignity all of respected
We hope that the Minister can commit to a genuine and democratic working relationship with Abahlali, other democratic formations and the poor people of South Africa and the working class in general
State violence towards impoverished black people is a serious crisis in South Africa