Shamita Naidoo

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Shamita Naidoo
Shamita Naidoo
Shamita Naidoo speaks at Motala Heights B Community Meeting 28 February 2010.jpg
Shamita Naidoo speaks at Motala Heights B Community Meeting 28 February 2010
Born
Shamita Naidoo

South Africa

Shamita Naidoo is the chairperson of Abahlali baseMjondolo (Zulu for «people who live in shacks»)[1] in Section B of in Pinetown near the city of Durban in South Africa.[2][3][4][5] She lives in a house with her two children and ten other families.[6]

Naidoo is particularly well known for organising against evictions.[7] As a result, Abahlali baseMjondolo claims that she has been subject to severe intimidation by the local landlords.[8] She befriended fellow activist Louisa Motha when they were both washing clothes at the same point in the river.[9]

Bishop Rubin Philip has described her as a "courageous activist".[10]

According to Raj Patel (in his book "The Value of Nothing" he used this quote as a motto for the eight chapter "Democracy in the City") she said: "The main work of a social movement is to put the rich in their place."[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Raj Patel - The Value of Nothing, Portibello Books Ltd, 2009
  2. ^ Democracy is on the Brink of Catastrophe, Rhodes University, 2009 Archived 2010-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Gangster Landlord Continues Campaign of Intimidation with Local Police Support, LibCom, 2008". Archived from the original on 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  4. ^ All Charges Dropped Against the Pemary Ridge Thirteen, Interactivist, 2009[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Outrage over desecration of temple Archived 2021-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, Corinne Louw, Sowetan, 18 January 2011
  6. ^ Farrar, Lara (11 June 2008). "Slums offer surprising hope for tomorrow's urban world". CNN. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  7. ^ The Value of Nothing, Raj Patel, 2009
  8. ^ On the Casual Bulldozing of a Shembe Temple in Durban Archived 2021-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, Richard Pithouse, SACSIS, 19 January 2011
  9. ^ Pithouse, Richard (26 March 2014). "An Urban commons? Notes from South Africa". Community Development Journal. 49 (suppl 1): i31–i43. doi:10.1093/cdj/bsu013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  10. ^ Biko: A bright guiding light in dark times Archived 2021-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, Address by the Anglican Bishop of Natal at St Philip's Anglican Church, Fingo Village in Grahamstown, 19 September 2012, Pambazuka
  11. ^ Raj Patel - The Value of Nothing, Portobello Books Ltd, 2009

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