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SUMMARY:Dear Mandela: mobilising shack dwellers in post-apartheid South Af
 rica - S’bu Zikode\, Founder of Abahlali baseMjondolo
DTSTART:20131112T170000Z
DTEND:20131112T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Abahlali baseMjondolo - the largest social movement in South A
 frica – brings together shack dwellers across the country in the struggl
 e for a life of dignity for all. Under the South African constitution sign
 ed into law by Mandela\, everyone must have access to a house\, yet one in
  four South Africans still live in overcrowded shack settlements without e
 ven basic services. The Marikana miners' strike highlighted how poor South
  Africans are still facing repression.  Abahlali has also faced violence a
 nd crackdowns in their campaigns\, but have continued to fight for a decen
 t life for all and what was promised in the new South Africa.\n\nS’bu Zi
 kode founded Abahlali baseMjondolo in KwaZulu-Natal\, his home province\, 
 in 2005 and was the first President. He founded it on a strong belief of e
 quality for all and that governments and academics all too often speak abo
 ut the poor\, but not to the poor. As a leader and founder of the movement
 \, he has faced on-going repression\, including being tortured in police c
 ustody\, being the target of two nights of attacks on the movement in 2009
  and a number of death threats following the attacks that have forced his 
 family to live clandestinely ever since.\n\nS'bu Zikode's talk will be pre
 ceded by a screening of excerpts from the film "Dear Mandela" by Dara Kell
  and Christopher Nizza.
LOCATION:Room SG2 of the Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, CB39DT\, 
 Cambridge
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