Shamita Naidoo
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Shamita Naidoo is the chairperson of Abahlali baseMjondolo in Section B of Motala Heights in Pinetown near the city of Durban in South Africa.[1][2][3][4]
She is particularly well known for organising against evictions[5][6][7] and Abahlali baseMjondolo claims that she has been subject to severe intimidation by the local landlords.[8]
Bishop Rubin Philip has described her as a "courageous activist".[9]
References
- ↑ Democracy is on the Brink of Catastrophe, Rhodes University, 2009
- ↑ Gangster Landlord Continues Campaign of Intimidation with Local Police Support, LibCom, 2008
- ↑ All Charges Dropped Against the Pemary Ridge Thirteen, Interactivist, 2009
- ↑ Outrage over desecration of temple, Corinne Louw, Sowetan, 18 January 2011
- ↑ Slums offer surprising hope for tomorrow's urban world, CNN, 2008
- ↑ Symbol of Hope Silenced, Daily News, 2009
- ↑ The Value of Nothing, Raj Patel, 2009
- ↑ On the Casual Bulldozing of a Shembe Temple in Durban, Richard Pithouse, SACSIS, 19 January 2011
- ↑ Biko: A bright guiding light in dark times, Address by the Anglican Bishop of Natal at St Philip’s Anglican Church, Fingo Village in Grahamstown, 19 September 2012, Pambazuka
External links
- Still UnFree: Video interview with Shamita Naidoo from Motala Heights, Elkartasun Bideak, 2009
- Video Interview with Shamita Naidoo, Project Housing, 2011
- Txaboletan bizi direnak by Elkartasun Bideak, 2009
- Shamita Naidoo, Mail & Guardian Book of South African Women 2012
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