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Revision as of 15:48, 11 January 2008 by Bjorn Martiz (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Philani Zungu was the Deputy-President of the South African shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo in 2006 and 2007 and continues to play a key role in the movement. He is also the chairperson of the Pemary Ridge Development Committee. He has been arrested on 3 occasions for his political activism and was very badly assaulted on one occasion suffering permanent damage to his left ear. He is currently suing the South African police for assault with the support of Amnesty International.
He has written a number of important articles about democracy and the poor and in late 2007 his work was discussed at a special meeting at Harvard University.
He is also a well known public intellectual who often comments in the local and international media.
==Recent Online Articles by Philani Zungu
From Party Politics to Service Delivery to the Politics of the Poor, November, 2006 The Strong Poor and the Police, January, 2007 Democracy in My Experience, August, 2007
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