Mnikelo Ndabankulu

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.

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] He was critical of the impact of the FIFA 2010 World Cup on shack dwellers in Durban.[5] He resigned from Abahlali on 13 May 2014 citing undemocratic practices in the movement and unhappiness with its decision to vote for the Democratic Alliance in the 2014 national elections. [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. Archived 2009-11-23 at the Wayback Machine Going Nowhere or Staying Put, Neil Gray, Mute Magazine, November 2009
  6. , 2014
  7. Award-winners at the 32nd Durban International Film Festival
  8. DIFF 2011 | The Wrap Up
  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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