Shamita Naidoo
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 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 | |
| Native name | Shamita Naidoo |
| Born | Shamita Naidoo South Africa |
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Shamita Naidoo is the former chairperson of Abahlali baseMjondolo (Zulu for «residents of the shacks»)[1] in Section B of Motala Heights 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 was 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 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 eighth chapter "Democracy in the City") she said: "The main work of a social movement is to put the rich in their place."[11]
References
- ↑ Raj Patel - The Value of Nothing, Portobello Books Ltd, 2009
- ↑ Democracy is on the Brink of Catastrophe, Rhodes University, 2009 Archived 2010-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Gangster Landlord Continues Campaign of Intimidation with Local Police Support, LibCom, 2008". Archived from the original on 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2009-12-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ All Charges Dropped Against the Pemary Ridge Thirteen, Interactivist, 2009[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Outrage over desecration of temple Archived 2021-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, Corinne Louw, Sowetan, 18 January 2011
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Value of Nothing, Raj Patel, 2009
- ↑ On the Casual Bulldozing of a Shembe Temple in Durban Archived 2021-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, Richard Pithouse, SACSIS, 19 January 2011
- ↑ 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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 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
- ↑ Raj Patel - The Value of Nothing, Portobello Books Ltd, 2009
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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