Mnikelo Ndabankulu lives inDurban , South Africa. He was the spokesperson forAbahlali baseMjondolo up until May 2014 and appears in the filmDear Mandela .
He was born in the town of Flagstaff on theWild Coast and now lives in the Foreman Road shack settlement inDurban , which has 7000 inhabitants.[ 1] [ 2] In 2013 he appeared in theMail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans .[ 3]
Ndabankulu was a founding member ofAbahlali baseMjondolo .[ 4] [ 5] He was critical of the impact of theFIFA 2010 World Cup on shack dwellers in Durban.[ 6]
Ndabankulu features prominently in the award winning[ 7] documentary feature filmDear Mandela which tells the story of three young activists in Abahlali baseMjondolo.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
International Human Rights Award [ edit ] In March 2012Amnesty International recognized his work with the 'Golden Butterfly' Human Rights Prize in a ceremony at the Hague in the Netherlands.[ 11]
^ Ndabankulu, Mnikelo (7 September 2009)."South Africa's shack dwellers" .Guardian . Archived fromthe original on 29 March 2019. ^ Mnikelo Ndabankulu by Niren Tolsi,Mail & Guardian , 2008 ^ Mnikelo Ndabankulu ,Mail & Guardian , 200 Young South Africans, June 2013^ Mnikelo Ndabankulu ^ Abahlali BaseMjondolo: Living Politics , Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa, September 2022^ [1] Archived 2009-11-23 at theWayback Machine Going Nowhere or Staying Put, Neil Gray,Mute Magazine , November 2009^ Award-winners at the 32nd Durban International Film Festival ^ "DIFF 2011 | The Wrap Up" . Archived fromthe original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved6 September 2011 .^ In 'Dear Mandela', South African Slum Dwellers Fight Back , by Cynthia Fuchs,Pop Matters , 13 August 2012^ After Mandela , Sean Jacobs,The Nation , 23 June 2013^ Mnikelo Ndabankulu is awarded the GOLDEN BUTTERFLY prize , March 2012Reclaiming our dignity and voices , by Sokari Ekine, Pambazuka, 2009We Want the Full Loaf (not just a child support grant) , by Mnikelo Ndabankulu, 2009Mzansi Voters: Mnikelo Ndabankulu , by Niren Tolsi,Mail & Guardian , 2009Interview with Mnikelo Ndabankulu inThe Guardian (UK) , 2009Mnikelo Ndabankulu is awarded the GOLDEN BUTTERFLY prize , March 2012 (Video)
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