Louisa Motha

Louisa Motha is the co-ordinator of the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement.[1] She lives in the Motala Heights shack settlement in Pinetown near the city of Durban in South Africa[2][3]

She is particularly well known for organising against evictions[4] and was a strong critic of the Slums Act.[5]

References

  1. ↑ YOU’LL NEVER SILENCE THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS: CRITICAL VOICES OF ACTIVISTS IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA by Kate Gunby, 2007
  2. ↑ Gangster Landlord Continues Campaign of Intimidation with Local Police Support, LibCom, 2008
  3. ↑ All Charges Dropped Against the Pemary Ridge Thirteen, Interactivist, 2009
  4. ↑ Symbol of Hope Silenced, Daily News, 2009
  5. ↑ UN Habitat Report on the Slums Act, 2008

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