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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gangster Landlord Continues Campaign of Intimidation with Local Police Support, LibCom, 2008
- ^ All Charges Dropped Against the Pemary Ridge Thirteen, Interactivist, 2009[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Symbol of Hope Silenced, Daily News, 2009
- ^ UN Habitat Report on the Slums Act, 2008
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