Shamita Naidoo

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 lives in a house with her two children and ten other families.[5]

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

South Africa

Naidoo is particularly well known for organising against evictions.[6] As a result, Abahlali baseMjondolo claims that she has been subject to severe intimidation by the local landlords.[7] She befriended fellow activist Louisa Motha when they were both washing clothes at the same point in the river.[8]

Bishop Rubin Philip has described her as a "courageous activist".[9]

References
  1. Democracy is on the Brink of Catastrophe, Rhodes University, 2009 Archived 2010-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Gangster Landlord Continues Campaign of Intimidation with Local Police Support, LibCom, 2008
  3. All Charges Dropped Against the Pemary Ridge Thirteen, Interactivist, 2009
  4. Outrage over desecration of temple, Corinne Louw, Sowetan, 18 January 2011
  5. 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.
  6. The Value of Nothing, Raj Patel, 2009
  7. On the Casual Bulldozing of a Shembe Temple in Durban, Richard Pithouse, SACSIS, 19 January 2011
  8. 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. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  9. 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
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