Zodwa Nsibande

South African activist and former General Secretary of the Abahlali baseMjondolo youth league

Ms Zodwa Nsibande
Zodwa Nsibande
Known for	General Secretary of the Abahlali baseMjondolo
Notable work	She has been critical of the impact of the FIFA 2010 World Cup on shack dwellers in Durban.^[1]

Zodwa Nsibande was the General Secretary of the Abahlali baseMjondolo youth league in 2009.^[2]^[3] She was critical of the impact of the FIFA 2010 World Cup on shack dwellers in Durban.^[4]

In 2006 she was badly burnt in a shack fire.^[5]^[6] In 2009 she had to go into hiding following threats and attacks against her^[7] and various other Abahlali baseMjondolo leaders.^[8]

Interviews with Zodwa Nsibande

Reclaiming our dignity and voices, Sokari Ekine, Pambazuka, September 2009
Interview with a South African housing activist about recent struggles in Durban. Simon Saunders, Morning Star, September 2009
'Getting electricity was so exciting', The Guardian (UK), 2011

Articles by Zodwa Nsibande

Serving our Life Sentence in the Shacks (with S'bu Zikode)

Online Films Featuring Zodwa Nsibande

A Living Politics (in Howick) by Elkartasun Bideak, 2009
From the Shacks to the Constitutional Court by Dara Kell & Christopher Nizza, 2008
A Place in the City by Jenny Morgan, 2008
Dear Mandela^{[permanent dead link]} by Dara Kell & Christopher Nizza, 2008
The Right to Know: The Fight for Open Democracy in South Africa by Ben Cashdan, 2007
Breyani & the Councillor by Sally Gilles and Fazel Khan, 2006

External links

Living Learning
Experiences of Abahlali baseMjondolo in Durban, South Africa, A Report by Malavika Vartak for the Development Planning Unit of University College London

References

^ "Mute magazine - Culture and politics after the net". Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2017. Going Nowhere or Staying Put, Neil Gray, Mute Magazine
^ [1] Zodwa Nsibande
^ [2] Ethnic Tension Boils Over, Mail & Guardian, Niren Tolsi, September 2009
^ "Mute magazine - Culture and politics after the net". Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2009. Going Nowhere or Staying Put, Neil Gray, Mute Magazine
^ [3] Shack Fires are No Accident, Raj Patel, & Richard Pithouse, The Mercury, 2006
^ 'Getting electricity was so exciting', The Guardian (UK), 2011
^ [4] Ruling in Abahlali case lays solid foundation to build on, Marie Huchzermeyer, Business Day, September 2009
^ [5] Bedtime Stories in Durban, Raj Patel, December 2009