Shamita Naidoo

Shamita Naidoo is the chairperson of Abahlali baseMjondolo (Zulu for «people who live in 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]

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

South Africa

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
  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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