Mnikelo Ndabankulu

Mnikelo Ndabankulu was the spokesperson for Abahlali baseMjondolo up until May 2014. He is a founding member of the movement.[1]

He was born in the town of Flagstaff[2] on the Wild Coast and now lives in the Foreman Road shack settlement in Durban. [3] In 2013 the Mail & Guardian included him in its list of 200 young South Africans.[4]

He was critical of the impact of the FIFA 2010 World Cup on shack dwellers in Durban.[5] He resigned from Abahlali on 13 May 2014 citing undemocratic practices in the movement and unhappiness with its decision to vote for the Democratic Alliance in the 2014 national elections. [6]

Dear Mandela

Ndabankulu features prominently in the award winning[7] documentary feature film Dear Mandela which tells the story of three young activists in Abahlali baseMjondolo.[8][9][10]

International Human Rights Award

In March 2012 Amnesty International recognized his work with the 'Golden Butterfly' Human Rights Prize in a ceremony at the Hague in the Netherlands.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Mnikelo Ndabankulu
  2. ↑ Interview with Mnikelo Ndabankulu in The Guardian (UK), 2009
  3. ↑ Mnikelo Ndabankulu by Niren Tolsi, Mail & Guardian, 2008
  4. ↑ Mnikelo Ndabankulu, Mail & Guardian, 200 Young South Africans, June 2013
  5. ↑ Going Nowhere or Staying Put, Neil Gray, Mute Magazine, November 2009
  6. ↑ , 2014
  7. ↑ Award-winners at the 32nd Durban International Film Festival
  8. ↑ DIFF 2011 | The Wrap Up
  9. ↑ In 'Dear Mandela', South African Slum Dwellers Fight Back, by Cynthia Fuchs, Pop Matters', 13 August 2012
  10. ↑ After Mandela, Sean Jacobs, The Nation, 23 June 2013
  11. ↑ Mnikelo Ndabankulu is awarded the GOLDEN BUTTERFLY prize, March 2012


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