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MsZodwa 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.

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

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

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. "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
2. Zodwa Nsibande
3. Ethnic Tension Boils Over, Mail & Guardian, Niren Tolsi, September 2009
4. "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
5. Shack Fires are No Accident, Raj Patel, & Richard Pithouse, The Mercury, 2006
6. 'Getting electricity was so exciting', The Guardian (UK), 2011
7. Ruling in Abahlali case lays solid foundation to build on, Marie Huchzermeyer, Business Day, September 2009
8. Bedtime Stories in Durban, Raj Patel, December 2009

v t e Abahlali baseMjondolo
People	Nkululeko Gwala Martin Legassick Nokuthula Mabaso Bandile Mdlalose Lindokuhle Mnguni Louisa Motha Mnikelo Ndabankulu Ayanda Ngila Zodwa Nsibande Nqobile Nzuza Raj Patel Rubin Phillip Mzonke Poni S'bu Zikode Philani Zungu
Places	eKhenana Commune Kennedy Road, Durban KwaMashu Macassar Village land occupation Marikana land occupation (Cape Town) Marikana land occupation (Durban) QQ Section
Events	Attack on Kennedy Road Death of Nqobile Nzuza KZN Slums Act No Land! No House! No Vote!
In culture	Dear Mandela (film) Dlamini King Brothers (choir) No Land! No House! No Vote! (book)

• Living people
• South African activists
• South African women activists
• Shack dwellers
• 21st-century squatters
• Abahlali baseMjondolo members
• South African housing rights activists