Mnikelo Ndabankulu

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Mnikelo Ndabankulu lives in Durban, South Africa. He was the spokesperson for Abahlali baseMjondolo up until May 2014 and appears in the film Dear Mandela .

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Early life

He was born in the town of Flagstaff on the Wild Coast and now lives in the Foreman Road shack settlement in Durban, which has 7000 inhabitants. [1] [2] In 2013 the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans. [3]

Activism

Ndabankulu was a founding member of Abahlali baseMjondolo. [4] [5] He was critical of the impact of the FIFA 2010 World Cup on shack dwellers in Durban. [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. ↑ Ndabankulu, Mnikelo (7 September 2009). "South Africa's shack dwellers". Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Mnikelo Ndabankulu by Niren Tolsi, Mail & Guardian, 2008
  3. ↑ Mnikelo Ndabankulu, Mail & Guardian, 200 Young South Africans, June 2013
  4. ↑ Mnikelo Ndabankulu
  5. ↑ Abahlali BaseMjondolo: Living Politics, Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa, September 2022
  6. ↑ Archived 2009-11-23 at the Wayback Machine Going Nowhere or Staying Put, Neil Gray, Mute Magazine, November 2009
  7. ↑ Award-winners at the 32nd Durban International Film Festival
  8. ↑ "DIFF 2011 | The Wrap Up". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  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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