Zodwa Nsibande

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Zodwa Nsibande
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Nsibande in 2010
Born1984 (age 41–42)
Enhlalakahle
Known forGeneral Secretary of the Abahlali baseMjondolo youth league

Zodwa Nsibande is a South African housing activist and former General Secretary of the Abahlali baseMjondolo youth league.

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Early life

Zodwa Nsibande was born in 1984, in Enhlalakahle, KwaZulu Natal, then her family moved to Durban. [1] [2] At age 18, she started living at the Kennedy Road informal settlement. [1] She and her mother were part of the founding members of Abahlali baseMjondolo. She studied information technology for two years at Durban Commercial College but had to stop after the stove in her shack exploded. [3] [2] She was hospitalised for six months. [1]

Career

Nsibande became General Secretary of the Abahlali baseMjondolo youth league in 2008 and was re-elected the following year. [2] She was critical of the impact of the FIFA 2010 World Cup on shack dwellers in Durban. [4] She published the article "Serving our Life Sentence in the Shacks" in 2010, having written it with AbM leader S'bu Zikode. [5]

She has appeared in documentaries such as Dear Mandela and participated in a screening tour of US universities. [6] [7] She was present at the 2009 attack on Kennedy Road in which the informal settlement was attacked by a mob. [8] After she commented on television about the KZN Slums Act she received death threats. [9] As of 2026, Nsibande was working for the Church Land Programme. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Colley, C. (11 September 2009). "South Africa: 'Getting electricity was so exciting'". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Zodwa Nsibande". Abahlali baseMjondolo. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Gill, Gerard (2014). "Knowledge practices in Abahlali baseMjondolo". Interference. 6: 211–229.
  4. ↑ Gray, Neil. "Going Nowhere or Staying Put". Mute magazine. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  5. ↑ Nsibande, Zodwa; Zikode, S'bu. "Serving our Life Sentence in the Shacks – Abahlali baseMjondolo". Abahlali baseMjondolo. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  6. ↑ LaMontagne, Haleigh (6 October 2012). "Film screening highlights South African movement". The Ithacan. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Events in South Africa Profiled on Campus". afrst.illinois.edu. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Ethnic tension boils over". The Mail & Guardian. 3 October 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  9. ↑ Huchzermeyer, Marie (4 November 2009). "Ruling in Abahlali case lays solid foundation to build on". Business Day magazine. Archived from the original on 27 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "Our staff – Church Land". Churchland. Retrieved 3 January 2026.

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