You can leave an email message using the contact form below, but the best way to reach Abahlali is via telephone, fax or snail mail. The contact details are these:

Abahlali baseMjondolo
Suite 416 Tower B.
Salisbury Centre
347-351 Dr Pixley kaSeme aka West Street
Durban
4001
South Africa
Tel: 031 304 6420
Fax: 031 304 6436
Cell: (27) 083 547 0474

Key Media contacts:

Abahlali baseMjondolo 2009 Secretariat

S'bu Zikode 083 547 0474 (AbM President)
Lindela (Mashumi) Figlan 079 584 3995 (AbM Deputy President)
Louisa Motha 078 176 0088 (AbM Coordinator)
Mnikelo Ndabankulu 079 745 0653 (AbM Spokesperson)

Other Elected Leaders

Zandile Nsibande 0828302707 (Chairperson of the AbM Women's Leauge)
Mazwi Nzimande 074 222 8601 (Chairperson of the AbM Youth League)
Zodwa Nsibande 082 830 2707 (Secretary of the AbM Youth League)
Shamita Naidoo: 074 315 7962 (Chaiperson of the Motala Heights B Branch)
Mama Nxumalo: 076 333 9386 Mama Nxumalo (Chairperson of the Siyanda B branch)

To contact Abahlali baseMjondolo in Cape Town please email abmwesterncape [at] abahlali.org or phone Mzonke Poni on 073 246 2036

To contact the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign, also in Cape Town, email aec[ at] antieviction.org.za or phone Ashraf Cassiem at 076 186 1408.

To contact the Landless People's Movement in Gauteng email Bongani Xezwi at bongani.xezwi[ at] gmail. com or phone Maureen Mnisi on 082 337 4514.

To contact the Rural Network in KwaZulu-Natal contact email ruralnetwork.kzn [at] gmail.com or phone Reverend Mavuso on 072 279 2634


Abahlali prefers to be contacted directly rather than to have contact mediated by NGOs but if for some reason that is not possible then the NGO that Abahlali prefers to work with is the Church Land Programme and the contact person there is David Ntseng. Please note that in 2006 Abahlali took a decision to refuse to work with the Centre for Civil Society and will not accept any offers of solidarity that do not respect this decision. Please also note that Abahlali meets every Saturday and so there can be no response to invitations, proposals etc until there has been a chance to discuss them at one of the Saturday meetings. The agenda is often quite packed and items often have to be carried over so it is best to allow at least two Saturdays to pass before expecting a reply from the movement.

Please also consult the following document before contacting the movement: A Brief Guide to the History and Praxis of Abahlali baseMjondolo for NGOs, Academics, Activists and Churches Seeking a Relationship with the Movement.

For website-related issues please contact Raj Patel. For content related issues please contact Mnikelo Ndabankulu via the telephone numbers above or the email form below.