Zodwa Nsibande

Zodwa Nsibande

Zodwa Nsibande is the General Secretary of the Abahlali baseMjondolo youth league.^[1][2] She has been critical of the impact of the FIFA 2010 World Cup on shack dwellers in Durban.^[3]

In 2006 she was badly burnt in a shack fire.^[4][5] In 2009 she had to go into hiding following threats and attacks against her^[6] and various other Abahlali baseMjondolo leaders.^[7]

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 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

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