Louisa Motha

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Louisa Motha was co-ordinator of the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement for a number of years beginning in 2004. [1] She lives in the Motala Heights shack settlement in Pinetown near the city of Durban in South Africa. [2] [3]

Motha became friends with fellow activist Shamita Naidoo when they met washing their clothes in the river. [4]

She is particularly well known for organising against evictions [5] and was a strong critic of the Slums Act. [6] She also started a women's gardening group called the Motola Diggers. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Gunby, Kate (2007). "You'll Never Silence the Voice of the Voiceless: Critical Voices of Activists in Post-Apartheid South Africa". Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 115. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Gangster Landlord Continues Campaign of Intimidation with Local Police Support, LibCom, 2008
  3. ↑ All Charges Dropped Against the Pemary Ridge Thirteen, Interactivist, 2009 [ permanent dead link ]
  4. 1 2 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 . Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Symbol of Hope Silenced, Daily News, 2009
  6. ↑ UN Habitat Report on the Slums Act, 2008


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